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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR4068

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:06 | Tran: 19:27 | Set: 23:49
Alt: -6.79°   Az: 110.68°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4068 is a giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4068 visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, HR4068 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR4068 star
DSS2 image of HR4068. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4068 during the next 10000 years (-8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 22m 21s
-18° 06’ 48”
18h 48m 46s
05h 11m 08s

J2000

10h 21m 07s
-17° 59’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

259.77°
32.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4068.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Giant

2.69
F3III
6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4068 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4068. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4068 is distant 189.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

58.00
189.10
23 km/s
-0.051 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO155920
SAO155920

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4068 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.1°
Max altitude: 20.4°
Azimuth: 251.9°