HR4240

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:11 | Tran: 11:53 | Set: 17:34

Alt: 30.82° Az: 211.29° Direction: South-South-West

HR4240 is a star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Sextans.

HR4240 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, HR4240 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 HR4240. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4240 during the next 10000 years (-7.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 52m 20s

Declination -03° 13’ 26”

Hour Angle 01h 46m 07s

Sideral Time 12h 38m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 51m 05s

Declination -03° 05’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 254.38°

Galactic Latitude 48.1°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4240.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.95

Class

Absolute magnitude -0.04

Spectral Type K2

Color Index (B-V) 1.48

Temperature 3824K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4240 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4240. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4240 is distant 514.20 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 157.73

Distance (light year) 514.20

Radial Speed 37 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.046 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD94014

SAO Catalogue SAO137834

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53035

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 3236

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4240 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.2° RISE 6:11

Max altitude: 35.3° TRANSIT 11:53

Azimuth: 266.8° SET 17:34

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Sextans