HR4238

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:32 | Tran: 10:37 | Set: 12:42

Alt: -69.19° Az: 319.96° Direction: North-West

HR4238 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Antlia.

HR4238 visual magnitude is 5.61. Because of its faintness, HR4238 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 HR4238. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4238 during the next 10000 years (-7.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 51m 06s

Declination -34° 11’ 22”

Hour Angle 10h 55m 49s

Sideral Time 21h 46m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 49m 56s

Declination -34° 03’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 276°

Galactic Latitude 22.38°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4238.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.61

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.48

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.04

Temperature 9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4238 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4238. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4238 is distant 346.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 106.27

Distance (light year) 346.44

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.044 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD93905

SAO Catalogue SAO201805

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP52965

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-33 7288

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4238 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.2° RISE 8:32

Max altitude: 4.3° TRANSIT 10:37

Azimuth: 235.8° SET 12:42

Set Location

Other stars in Antlia