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HR4066

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -18.00°   Az: 212.54°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4066 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Vela.

HR4066 visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its faintness, HR4066 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 HR4066 star
DSS2 image of HR4066. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4066 during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 21m 17s
-47° 49’ 28”
03h 18m 30s
13h 39m 48s

J2000

10h 20m 16s
-47° 41’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

278.33°
7.82°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4066 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4066.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.65
Giant

-3.94
K5III
3555K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4066 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4066. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4066 is distant 2,694.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

826.45
2,694.21
16 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO221970
SAO221970

Visibility from Your Location

HR4066 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK