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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR4228

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -44.90°   Az: 135.42°   Direction: South-East

HR4228 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4228 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR4228 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 HR4228 star
DSS2 image of HR4228. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4228 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 49m 05s
-60° 03’ 13”
17h 39m 21s
04h 28m 27s

J2000

10h 48m 05s
-59° 55’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

288.04°
-0.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4228.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Hypergiant

-24.00
A0I
7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4228 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4228. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4228 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
-24 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO238493
SAO238493

Visibility from Your Location

HR4228 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK