HR4249

Below the horizon. Rise: 13:54 | Tran: 19:40 | Set: 1:30

Alt: -31.43° Az: 313.56° Direction: North-West

HR4249 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Leo.

HR4249 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR4249 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 HR4249. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4249 during the next 1000 years (-2.30 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 54m 42s

Declination -02° 23’ 27”

Hour Angle 09h 27m 04s

Sidereal Time 20h 21m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 53m 24s

Declination -02° 15’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 254.18°

Galactic Latitude 49.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4249.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.12

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.61

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.9

Temperature 4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4249 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4249. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4249 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4249 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.12

Secondary star magnitude 8.72

Magnitude difference 2.6

Separation 35.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4249 is distant 260.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 79.94

Distance (light year) 260.59

Radial Speed 26 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.138 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.083"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD94363

SAO Catalogue SAO137863

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53240

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 2459

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS7967

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4249 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.4° RISE 13:54

Max altitude: 36.1° TRANSIT 19:40

Azimuth: 267.6° SET 1:30

Set Location

Other stars in Leo