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HR4061

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -33.32°   Az: 219.51°   Direction: South-West

HR4061 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Vela.

HR4061 visual magnitude is 5.81. Because of its faintness, HR4061 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 HR4061 star
DSS2 image of HR4061. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4061 during the next 1000 years (-4.22 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.12 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 19m 32s
-56° 14’ 06”
04h 52m 06s
15h 11m 39s

J2000

10h 18m 37s
-56° 06’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

282.76°
0.66°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4061 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4061.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.81
Main-sequence

3.04
F6V
6481K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4061 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4061. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4061 is distant 116.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

35.83
116.80
11 km/s
-0.253 arcsec/y
0.127"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237902
SAO237902

Visibility from Your Location

HR4061 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK