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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR4162

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:28 | Tran: 19:43 | Set: 22:58
Alt: -12.12°   Az: 240.68°   Direction: West-South-West

HR4162 is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4162 visual magnitude is 4.89. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4162 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 HR4162 star
DSS2 image of HR4162. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4162 during the next 1000 years (-1.82 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.40 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 38m 25s
-27° 32’ 41”
04h 56m 09s
15h 34m 35s

J2000

10h 37m 13s
-27° 24’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

269.64°
26.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4162.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.89
Giant

-0.95
M2III
3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4162 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4162. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4162 is distant 479.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

147.06
479.41
17 km/s
-0.109 arcsec/y
0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO179041
SAO179041

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4162 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.5°
Max altitude: 11.0°
Azimuth: 242.5°