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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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HR4050

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -55.82°   Az: 131.37°   Direction: South-East

HR4050 is a variable and multiple bright giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4050 visual magnitude is 3.4. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4050 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 HR4050 star
DSS2 image of HR4050. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4050 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 17m 56s
-61° 27’ 34”
16h 07m 47s
02h 25m 44s

J2000

10h 17m 04s
-61° 19’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

285.48°
-3.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4050.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.4
Bright giant

-3.37
K3II
3734K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4050 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4050. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4050 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 HR4050 double sysyem:

3.4
12.6
9.2
16.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4050 is distant 735.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

225.73
735.89
8 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO250905
SAO250905

Visibility from Your Location

HR4050 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK