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HR4244

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:01 | Tran: 1:08 | Set: 7:10
Alt: 37.39°   Az: 201.78°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4244 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Leo.

HR4244 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR4244 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 HR4244 star
DSS2 image of HR4244. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4244 during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 53m 31s
+00° 53’ 28”
01h 08m 34s
12h 02m 05s

J2000

10h 52m 13s
+01° 01’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

250.31°
51.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4244.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.38
Main-sequence

-1.15
A3V
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4244 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4244. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4244 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4244 double sysyem:

6.38
12.18
5.8
39.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4244 is distant 1,044.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

320.51
1,044.87
-13 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO118550
SAO118550

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4244 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.1°
Max altitude: 39.4°
Azimuth: 270.9°