HR4470

Altitude: -71.8° Azimuth: 315.4° Direction: North-West

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

HR4470 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4470 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4470:

Color of HR4470 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4470 6.31

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4470 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -71.8°
Azimuth: 315.4°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4470

HR4470 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4470 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 36m 40s

Declination J2000 -37° 14’ 16”

Galactic Longitude 286.81°

Galactic Latitude 23.28°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4470 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4470.

Visibility of HR4470 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 127.2° RISE 18:28

Max altitude: 1.3° TRANSIT 19:37

Azimuth: 232.8° SET 20:45

RIGHT NOW HR4470 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4470

The image below is a photograph of HR4470 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4470 is -0.013 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.019 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR4470 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 432.36 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.019 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4470

HR4470 belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.70

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.06

Temperature of HR4470 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

Alternative designations of HR4470

Henry Draper Catalogue HD100911

SAO Catalogue SAO202627

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56632

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-36 7291

In Evidence

Other stars in Centaurus