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HR4095

HR4095 is a giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR4095 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4095 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4095:

5.95
Giant
HR4095 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4095

HR4095 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4095 are provided in the following table:

10h 24m 59s
-58° 34’ 35”
284.81°
-0.95°
Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4095 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4095 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4095.

Visibility of HR4095 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR4095 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4095

The image below is a photograph of HR4095 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4095 is -0.077 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4095 star
DSS2 image of HR4095. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4095 during the next 10000 years (-12.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4095 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4095 is distant 296.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

91.07 pc
296.90 ly
5 km/s
-0.077 arcsec/year
0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4095

HR4095 belongs to spectral class F2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

1.15
F2III
7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4095 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4095. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4095

SAO238046
SAO238046