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HR4074

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -72.17°   Az: 116.76°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4074 is a multiple giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Vela.

HR4074 visual magnitude is 4.5. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4074 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 HR4074 star
DSS2 image of HR4074. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4074 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 21m 50s
-56° 10’ 07”
13h 57m 37s
00h 19m 28s

J2000

10h 20m 54s
-56° 02’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

282.99°
0.89°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4074 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4074.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.5
Giant

-3.65
B3III
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4074 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4074. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4074 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4074 double sysyem:

4.5
8.2
3.7
7.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4074 is distant 1,393.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

427.35
1,393.16
10 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237959
SAO237959

Visibility from Your Location

HR4074 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK