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HR4466

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -28.56°   Az: 132.07°   Direction: South-East

HR4466 is a star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4466 visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, HR4466 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR4466 star
DSS2 image of HR4466. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4466 during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 37m 09s
-47° 46’ 56”
18h 56m 03s
06h 33m 13s

J2000

11h 35m 55s
-47° 38’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

289.99°
13.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4466.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

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5.25

1.43
A7
0.25
7795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4466 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4466. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4466 is distant 189.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

58.00
189.10
5 km/s
0.036 arcsec/y
-0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

HD100825
SAO222895
SAO222895
HIP56573
CD-46 7205
435

Visibility from Your Location

HR4466 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK