HR4245

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:54 | Tran: 11:50 | Set: 17:47

Alt: -8.41° Az: 79.85° Direction: East

HR4245 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Leo.

HR4245 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR4245 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 HR4245. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4245 during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 53m 52s

Declination -00° 19’ 59”

Hour Angle 17h 07m 23s

Sideral Time 04h 01m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 52m 36s

Declination -00° 12’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 251.78°

Galactic Latitude 50.48°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4245.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.31

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.72

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.5

Temperature 3794K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4245 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4245. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4245 is distant 829.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 254.45

Distance (light year) 829.52

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD94237

SAO Catalogue SAO118555

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53167

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 2710

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4245 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.3° RISE 5:54

Max altitude: 38.2° TRANSIT 11:50

Azimuth: 269.7° SET 17:47

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

Location

Other stars in Leo