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HR4136

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -30.96°   Az: 234.90°   Direction: South-West

HR4136 is a double bright giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Vela.

HR4136 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR4136 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 HR4136 star
DSS2 image of HR4136. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4136 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 33m 00s
-45° 11’ 52”
05h 38m 40s
16h 11m 41s

J2000

10h 31m 56s
-45° 04’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

278.63°
11.12°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4136 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4136.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.09
Bright giant

0.26
B8II
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4136 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4136. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4136 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4136 double sysyem:

6.09
6.49
0.4
13.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4136 is distant 477.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

146.41
477.31
-9 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO222125
SAO222125

Visibility from Your Location

HR4136 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK