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public  Plandome, United States Plandome, United States  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/New_York
Sunrise: 5:24 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:28
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HR4163

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:21 | Tran: 17:32 | Set: 22:46
Alt: -34.39°   Az: 77.48°   Direction: South-West

HR4163 is a variable bright giant star of spectral class C5 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4163 visual magnitude is 4.82. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4163 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 HR4163 star
DSS2 image of HR4163. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4163 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 38m 48s
-13° 31’ 02”
15h 43m 48s
02h 22m 37s

J2000

10h 37m 33s
-13° 23’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

259.97°
38.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4163.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.82
Bright giant

-1.23
C5II
2595K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4163 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4163. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4163 is distant 527.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

161.81
527.51
-25 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO156110
SAO156110

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4163 rise, transit and set times from Plandome, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/New_York):

Azimuth: 103.5°
Max altitude: 35.7°
Azimuth: 256.5°