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HR4091

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -23.12°   Az: 161.00°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4091 is a variable giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4091 visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its faintness, HR4091 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 HR4091 star
DSS2 image of HR4091. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4091 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 24m 45s
-58° 04’ 47”
21h 42m 03s
08h 06m 48s

J2000

10h 23m 50s
-57° 57’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

284.35°
-0.51°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4091 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4091.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.35
Giant

-0.58
K4III
3764K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4091 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4091. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4091 is distant 793.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

243.31
793.19
-13 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO238021
SAO238021

Visibility from Your Location

HR4091 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK