HR4470

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:38 | Tran: 11:43 | Set: 12:48

Alt: -61.13° Az: 285.06° Direction: West-North-West

HR4470 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4470 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR4470 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 HR4470. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4470 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 37m 54s

Declination -37° 22’ 29”

Hour Angle 09h 36m 17s

Sideral Time 21h 14m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 36m 40s

Declination -37° 14’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 286.81°

Galactic Latitude 23.28°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4470.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.31

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.70

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.06

Temperature 9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4470 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4470. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4470 is distant 432.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 132.63

Distance (light year) 432.36

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD100911

SAO Catalogue SAO202627

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56632

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-36 7291

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4470 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.4° RISE 10:38

Max altitude: 1.1° TRANSIT 11:43

Azimuth: 232.6° SET 12:48

Set Location

Other stars in Centaurus