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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:44 
Transit: 12:53 
Sunset: 19:00
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HR4071

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:39 | Tran: 11:23 | Set: 15:07
Alt: 9.75°   Az: 150.97°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4071 is a star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4071 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, HR4071 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 HR4071 star
DSS2 image of HR4071. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4071 during the next 10000 years (-8.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 22m 38s
-23° 50’ 09”
21h 53m 54s
08h 16m 33s

J2000

10h 21m 28s
-23° 42’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

263.97°
27.59°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4071 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4071.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.5

1.21
A3
8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4071 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4071. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4071 is distant 373.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

114.55
373.42
13 km/s
-0.049 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO178721
SAO178721

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4071 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.8°
Max altitude: 14.7°
Azimuth: 246.2°