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HR4218

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:08 | Tran: 11:45 | Set: 16:23
Alt: -26.49°   Az: 81.38°   Direction: East

HR4218 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4218 visual magnitude is 6.67. Because of its faintness, HR4218 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR4218 star
DSS2 image of HR4218. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4218 during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 48m 51s
-15° 23’ 34”
16h 26m 25s
03h 15m 16s

J2000

10h 47m 38s
-15° 15’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

263.88°
38.05°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4218 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4218.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.67
Hypergiant

-2.23
A0III
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4218 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4218. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4218 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4218 double sysyem:

6.67
7.87
1.2
74.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4218 is distant 1,963.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

602.41
1,963.86
22 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO156235
SAO156235

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4218 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.4°
Max altitude: 23.1°
Azimuth: 254.6°