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HR4198

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -30.10°   Az: 150.28°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4198 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4198 visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, HR4198 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 HR4198 star
DSS2 image of HR4198. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4198 during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 43m 38s
-59° 20’ 45”
20h 10m 52s
06h 54m 30s

J2000

10h 42m 40s
-59° 12’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

287.11°
-0.36°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4198 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4198.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.38
Supergiant

-6.21
B2I
7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4198 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4198. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4198 is distant 6,791.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

2,083.33
6,791.67
-2 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO238379
SAO238379

Visibility from Your Location

HR4198 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK