HR4217

Altitude: -36.1° Azimuth: 144.6° Direction: South-East

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

HR4217 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4217 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 HR4217:

Color of HR4217 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4217 6.25

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4217 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -36.1°
Azimuth: 144.6°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4217

HR4217 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 HR4217 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 10h 46m 16s

Declination J2000 -60° 36’ 11”

Galactic Longitude 288.16°

Galactic Latitude -1.37°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4217 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4217.

Visibility of HR4217 from your location

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

HR4217 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4217

The image below is a photograph of HR4217 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 HR4217 is -0.062 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR4217 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 111.98 pc

Distance (light year) 365.06 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.062 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4217

HR4217 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.00

Spectral Type A0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.04

Temperature of HR4217 9652K

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

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

HR4217 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:

Main star magnitude 6.25

Secondary star magnitude 14.05

Magnitude difference 7.8

Separation 4.2 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR4217

Henry Draper Catalogue HD93502

SAO Catalogue SAO251113

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP52679

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-59 2671

In Evidence

Other stars in Carina