HR4034

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:09 | Tran: 17:09 | Set: 22:09

Alt: 13.52° Az: 128.79° Direction: South-West

HR4034 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sextans.

HR4034 visual magnitude is 6.08. Because of its faintness, HR4034 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 HR4034. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4034 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 17m 24s

Declination -11° 19’ 51”

Hour Angle 20h 37m 31s

Sidereal Time 06h 54m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 16m 09s

Declination -11° 12’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 253.23°

Galactic Latitude 36.27°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.08

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.39

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.1

Temperature 4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4034 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4034. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4034 is distant 641.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 196.85

Distance (light year) 641.73

Radial Speed 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD89033

SAO Catalogue SAO155855

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP50292

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 3029

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4034 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.3° RISE 12:09

Max altitude: 27.2° TRANSIT 17:09

Azimuth: 258.7° SET 22:09

Set Location

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