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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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HR4120

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -65.58°   Az: 222.87°   Direction: South-West

HR4120 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4120 visual magnitude is 5.29. Because of its faintness, HR4120 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 HR4120 star
DSS2 image of HR4120. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4120 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 29m 43s
-64° 18’ 09”
09h 18m 15s
19h 47m 59s

J2000

10h 28m 52s
-64° 10’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

288.16°
-5.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4120.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.29
Hypergiant

-4.62
M0III
3322K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4120 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4120. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4120 is distant 3,134.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

961.54
3,134.62
-3 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO250979
SAO250979

Visibility from Your Location

HR4120 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK