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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
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HR4173

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -77.41°   Az: 234.53°   Direction: South-West

HR4173 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4173 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, HR4173 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 HR4173 star
DSS2 image of HR4173. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4173 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 39m 02s
-57° 23’ 19”
10h 43m 03s
21h 22m 05s

J2000

10h 38m 02s
-57° 15’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

285.63°
1.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4173.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Sub-giant

-2.06
B3IV
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4173 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4173. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4173 is distant 1,278.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

392.16
1,278.43
-9 km/s
-0.028 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO238278
SAO238278

Visibility from Your Location

HR4173 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK