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HR4085

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:58 | Tran: 1:11 | Set: 7:21
Alt: -29.18°   Az: 39.33°   Direction: North-East

HR4085 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Sextans.

HR4085 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR4085 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 HR4085 star
DSS2 image of HR4085. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4085 during the next 10000 years (6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 25m 30s
+02° 14’ 24”
14h 14m 29s
00h 39m 59s

J2000

10h 24m 13s
+02° 22’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

241.65°
46.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4085.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Main-sequence

1.31
G9V
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4085 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4085. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4085 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4085 double sysyem:

6.32
6.62
0.3
212.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4085 is distant 327.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

100.50
327.64
-14 km/s
0.037 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO118278
SAO118278

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4085 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.8°
Max altitude: 40.8°
Azimuth: 272.2°