HR4224

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:54 | Tran: 17:41 | Set: 23:29

Alt: 17.13° Az: 116.66° Direction: South-South-West

HR4224 is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Sextans.

HR4224 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, HR4224 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.

DSS2 image of HR4224. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4224 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 49m 58s

Declination -02° 05’ 38”

Hour Angle 20h 05m 07s

Sidereal Time 06h 55m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 48m 40s

Declination -01° 57’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 252.55°

Galactic Latitude 48.53°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.93

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.13

Spectral Type M2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.6

Temperature 3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4224 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4224. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4224 is distant 530.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 162.87

Distance (light year) 530.94

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD93655

SAO Catalogue SAO137800

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP52863

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 2446

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4224 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.1° RISE 11:54

Max altitude: 36.4° TRANSIT 17:41

Azimuth: 267.9° SET 23:29

Set Location

Other stars in Sextans