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Sunset: 18:24
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HR4003

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:06 | Tran: 10:11 | Set: 13:15
Alt: -57.41°   Az: 302.16°   Direction: West-North-West

HR4003 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Antlia.

HR4003 visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its faintness, HR4003 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 HR4003 star
DSS2 image of HR4003. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4003 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 13m 10s
-28° 43’ 45”
09h 54m 40s
20h 07m 51s

J2000

10h 12m 02s
-28° 36’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

265.45°
22.43°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4003 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4003.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.28
Main-sequence

0.31
A1V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4003 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4003. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4003 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4003 double sysyem:

6.28
6.38
0.1
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4003 is distant 509.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

156.25
509.38
18 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO178526
SAO178526

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4003 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.7°
Max altitude: 9.8°
Azimuth: 241.3°