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HR4161

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -55.20°   Az: 168.21°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4161 is a double giant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Chamaeleon.

HR4161 visual magnitude is 7.07. Because of its faintness, HR4161 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR4161 star
DSS2 image of HR4161. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4161 during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 31m 38s
-82° 02’ 57”
15h 49m 55s
02h 21m 34s

J2000

10h 31m 50s
-81° 55’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

298.01°
-20.42°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4161 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4161.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

7.07
Giant

-0.68
B5III
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4161 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4161. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4161 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4161 double sysyem:

7.07
9.57
2.5
41.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4161 is distant 1,156.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

354.61
1,156.03
7 km/s
-0.033 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO258581
SAO258581

Visibility from Your Location

HR4161 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK