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public  Botlhapatlou, Botswana Botlhapatlou, Botswana  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Gaborone
Sunrise: 7:02 
Transit: 12:22 
Sunset: 17:41
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HR4214

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:52 | Tran: 16:22 | Set: 22:52
Alt: 54.02°   Az: 86.81°   Direction: East

HR4214 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4214 visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its faintness, HR4214 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 HR4214 star
DSS2 image of HR4214. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4214 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 48m 07s
-17° 25’ 53”
21h 28m 13s
08h 16m 20s

J2000

10h 46m 51s
-17° 17’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

265.16°
36.28°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4214.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.42
Main-sequence

1.28
A3V
8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4214 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4214. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4214 is distant 219.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

67.20
219.09
-14 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO156221
SAO156221

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4214 rise, transit and set times from Botlhapatlou, Botswana are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Gaborone):

Azimuth: 107.4°
Max altitude: 83.4°
Azimuth: 252.6°