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HR4217

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -66.87°   Az: 231.32°   Direction: South-West

HR4217 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4217 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR4217 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 HR4217 star
DSS2 image of HR4217. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4217 during the next 10000 years (-10.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 47m 15s
-60° 44’ 15”
09h 24m 33s
20h 11m 49s

J2000

10h 46m 16s
-60° 36’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

288.16°
-1.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4217.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Hypergiant

1.00
A0IV
9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4217 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4217. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4217 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4217 double sysyem:

6.25
14.05
7.8
4.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4217 is distant 365.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

111.98
365.06
8 km/s
-0.062 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251113
SAO251113

Visibility from Your Location

HR4217 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK