HR4059

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:40 | Tran: 17:12 | Set: 22:44

Alt: 18.36° Az: 124.85° Direction: South-West

HR4059 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sextans.

HR4059 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR4059 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 HR4059. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4059 during the next 10000 years (-8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 20m 49s

Declination -05° 14’ 03”

Hour Angle 20h 34m 09s

Sidereal Time 06h 54m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 19m 32s

Declination -05° 06’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 248.44°

Galactic Latitude 41.16°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.60

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 0.9

Temperature 4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4059 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4059. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4059 is distant 292.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 89.77

Distance (light year) 292.64

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.053 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.061"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD89490

SAO Catalogue SAO137490

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP50552

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 2840

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4059 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.2° RISE 11:40

Max altitude: 33.3° TRANSIT 17:12

Azimuth: 264.8° SET 22:44

Set Location

Other stars in Sextans