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HR4063

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -80.82°   Az: 119.11°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4063 is a variable bright giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Vela.

HR4063 visual magnitude is 4.57. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4063 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 HR4063 star
DSS2 image of HR4063. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4063 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 20m 33s
-55° 09’ 17”
12h 56m 28s
23h 17m 01s

J2000

10h 19m 36s
-55° 01’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

282.28°
1.64°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4063 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4063.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.57
Bright giant

-3.73
K3II
3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4063 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4063. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4063 is distant 1,488.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

456.62
1,488.58
13 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237916
SAO237916

Visibility from Your Location

HR4063 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK