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HR4023

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -22.29°   Az: 130.67°   Direction: South-East

HR4023 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Vela.

HR4023 visual magnitude is 3.85. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4023 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR4023 star
DSS2 image of HR4023. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4023 during the next 1000 years (-2.42 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.75 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 15m 47s
-42° 14’ 45”
19h 14m 13s
05h 30m 01s

J2000

10h 14m 44s
-42° 07’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

274.33°
11.88°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4023 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4023.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.85
Main-sequence

1.36
A2V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4023 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4023. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4023 is distant 102.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

31.53
102.77
7 km/s
-0.145 arcsec/y
0.045"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO221895
SAO221895

Visibility from Your Location

HR4023 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK