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HR4060

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:44 | Tran: 0:59 | Set: 6:11
Alt: 28.01°   Az: 163.44°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4060 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Sextans.

HR4060 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR4060 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 HR4060 star
DSS2 image of HR4060. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4060 during the next 10000 years (-11.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 21m 14s
-09° 11’ 08”
23h 00m 54s
09h 22m 09s

J2000

10h 19m 59s
-09° 03’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

252.21°
38.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4060.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Sub-giant

2.69
F1IV
7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4060 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4060. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4060 is distant 173.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

53.28
173.68
15 km/s
-0.067 arcsec/y
-0.068"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO137495
SAO137495

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4060 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.2°
Max altitude: 29.3°
Azimuth: 260.8°