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HR4142

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -58.78°   Az: 153.54°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4142 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4142 visual magnitude is 4.93. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4142 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR4142 star
DSS2 image of HR4142. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4142 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 31m 36s
-73° 20’ 56”
15h 34m 49s
02h 06m 26s

J2000

10h 31m 01s
-73° 13’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

293.12°
-13.08°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4142 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4142.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.93
Giant

-2.43
K4III
3541K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4142 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4142. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4142 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4142 double sysyem:

4.93
12.53
7.6
32 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4142 is distant 964.50 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

295.86
964.50
11 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256723
SAO256723

Visibility from Your Location

HR4142 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK