HR4469

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:56 | Tran: 11:07 | Set: 13:19

Alt: -6.91° Az: 221.81° Direction: South-West

HR4469 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4469 visual magnitude is 5.74. Because of its faintness, HR4469 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.

DSS2 image of HR4469. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4469 during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 37m 49s

Declination -33° 42’ 26”

Hour Angle 03h 30m 49s

Sidereal Time 15h 08m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 36m 34s

Declination -33° 34’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 285.51°

Galactic Latitude 26.76°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4469.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.74

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.57

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4469 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4469. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4469 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4469 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.74

Secondary star magnitude 7.84

Magnitude difference 2.1

Separation 3.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4469 is distant 352.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 108.11

Distance (light year) 352.43

Radial Speed 42 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.04 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD100893

SAO Catalogue SAO202622

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56620

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-32 8199

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4469 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.7° RISE 8:56

Max altitude: 4.8° TRANSIT 11:07

Azimuth: 236.3° SET 13:19

Set Location

Other stars in Hydra