HR4186

HR4186 is a bright giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR4186 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4186 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4186:

Color of HR4186 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4186 6.07

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR4186 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4186

HR4186 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4186 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 10h 39m 16s

Declination J2000 -74° 29’ 36”

Galactic Longitude 294.3°

Galactic Latitude -13.88°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4186 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4186.

Visibility of HR4186 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR4186 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4186

The image below is a photograph of HR4186 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4186 is 0 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR4186. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4186 during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4186 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4186 is distant 1,105.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 338.98 pc

Distance (light year) 1,105.08 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -4 km/s

Proper Motion Dec -0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4186

HR4186 belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.58

Spectral Type K3II

Color Index (B-V) 1.71

Temperature of HR4186 3503K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4186 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4186. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4186

Henry Draper Catalogue HD92682

SAO Catalogue SAO256742

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP52150

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-73 758

In Evidence

Other stars in Carina