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HR4045

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -25.46°   Az: 217.78°   Direction: South-West

HR4045 is a variable giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Vela.

HR4045 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR4045 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 HR4045 star
DSS2 image of HR4045. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4045 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 17m 39s
-51° 19’ 56”
04h 09m 08s
14h 26m 48s

J2000

10h 16m 40s
-51° 12’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

279.8°
4.58°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4045.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Giant

-0.36
M4III
3734K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4045 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4045. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4045 is distant 699.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 43 kilometers per second.

214.59
699.57
43 km/s
-0.028 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237858
SAO237858

Visibility from Your Location

HR4045 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK