HR4253

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:26 | Tran: 10:13 | Set: 16:00

Alt: -11.88° Az: 78.48° Direction: East-North-East

HR4253 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Leo.

HR4253 visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its faintness, HR4253 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 HR4253. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4253 during the next 10000 years (-14.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 54m 59s

Declination -02° 15’ 41”

Hour Angle 16h 54m 38s

Sidereal Time 03h 49m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 53m 43s

Declination -02° 07’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 254.14°

Galactic Latitude 49.26°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4253.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.45

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.55

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4253 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4253. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4253 is distant 311.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 95.69

Distance (light year) 311.96

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.084 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD94402

SAO Catalogue SAO137871

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53273

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 2460

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4253 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.3° RISE 4:26

Max altitude: 36.3° TRANSIT 10:13

Azimuth: 267.7° SET 16:00

Set Location

Other stars in Leo