HR4053

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:33 | Tran: 9:50 | Set: 11:06

Alt: -38.12° Az: 256.08° Direction: West-South-West

HR4053 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Antlia.

HR4053 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR4053 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 HR4053. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4053 during the next 10000 years (-7.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 19m 43s

Declination -36° 55’ 46”

Hour Angle 07h 08m 49s

Sidereal Time 17h 28m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 18m 37s

Declination -36° 48’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 271.81°

Galactic Latitude 16.67°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4053.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.3

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.05

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.28

Temperature 4158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4053 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4053. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4053 is distant 608.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 186.57

Distance (light year) 608.21

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.043 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD89442

SAO Catalogue SAO201266

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP50492

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-36 6281

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4053 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.9° RISE 8:33

Max altitude: 1.6° TRANSIT 9:50

Azimuth: 233.1° SET 11:06

Set Location

Other stars in Antlia