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HR4169

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -22.01°   Az: 167.04°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4169 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4169 visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its faintness, HR4169 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 HR4169 star
DSS2 image of HR4169. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4169 during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 38m 23s
-58° 51’ 46”
22h 25m 08s
09h 03m 31s

J2000

10h 37m 26s
-58° 43’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

286.29°
-0.26°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4169 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4169.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.45
Hypergiant

-6.54
A0I
6389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4169 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4169. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4169 is distant 8,150.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

2,500.00
8,150.00
-9 km/s
-0.033 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO238271
SAO238271

Visibility from Your Location

HR4169 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK