HR4473

Altitude: -0.3° Azimuth: 209.8° Direction: South-South-West

HR4473 is a giant star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4473 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4473 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 HR4473:

Color of HR4473 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4473 6.29

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4473 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -0.3°
Azimuth: 209.8°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4473

HR4473 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 HR4473 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 37m 01s

Declination J2000 -32° 59’ 17”

Galactic Longitude 285.4°

Galactic Latitude 27.34°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4473 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4473.

Visibility of HR4473 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 HR4473 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: 123.0° RISE 17:04

Max altitude: 5.5° TRANSIT 19:25

Azimuth: 237.0° SET 21:46

RIGHT NOW HR4473 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4473

The image below is a photograph of HR4473 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 HR4473 is -0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.079 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR4473. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4473 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4473 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4473 is distant 233.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 71.74 pc

Distance (light year) 233.86 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.079 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4473

HR4473 belongs to spectral class F6 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.01

Spectral Type F6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.46

Temperature of HR4473 6576K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4473 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4473. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4473

Henry Draper Catalogue HD100953

SAO Catalogue SAO202634

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56657

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-32 8202

In Evidence

Other stars in Hydra