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HR4219

Altitude: -26.0°   Azimuth: 181.1°   Direction: South

HR4219 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Carina.

HR4219 visual magnitude is 5.34. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4219 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 HR4219:

5.34
Main-sequence

HR4219 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -26.0°
Azimuth: 181.1°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4219

HR4219 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 HR4219 are provided in the following table:

10h 46m 16s
-64° 30’ 54”
289.97°
-4.84°
Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4219 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4219 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4219.

Visibility of HR4219 from your location

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

HR4219 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4219

The image below is a photograph of HR4219 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 HR4219 is -0.025 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4219 star
DSS2 image of HR4219. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4219 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4219 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4219 is distant 466.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

143.06 pc
466.38 ly
32 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/year
-0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4219

HR4219 belongs to spectral class B6 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-0.44
B6V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4219 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4219. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4219

SAO251115
SAO251115