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public  Los Ángeles, Chile Los Ángeles, Chile  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Santiago
Sunrise: 8:05 
Transit: 12:53 
Sunset: 17:41
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HR4087

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:37 | Tran: 16:29 | Set: 1:25
Alt: 51.67°   Az: 246.92°   Direction: West-South-West

HR4087 is a sub-giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Vela.

HR4087 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR4087 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 HR4087 star
DSS2 image of HR4087. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4087 during the next 1000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.18 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 24m 46s
-42° 04’ 59”
03h 20m 57s
13h 45m 44s

J2000

10h 23m 40s
-41° 57’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

275.64°
12.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4087.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.27
Sub-giant

2.01
G8IV
5051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4087 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4087. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4087 is distant 232.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

71.17
232.03
22 km/s
-0.13 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO222016
SAO222016

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4087 rise, transit and set times from Los Ángeles, Chile are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Santiago):

Azimuth: 132.1°
Max altitude: 85.4°
Azimuth: 227.9°