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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR4253

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:09 | Tran: 19:56 | Set: 1:46
Alt: 35.97°   Az: 172.01°   Direction: South

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.

Image of HR4253 star
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

10h 55m 01s
-02° 15’ 53”
23h 34m 08s
10h 29m 10s

J2000

10h 53m 43s
-02° 07’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

254.14°
49.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4253.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.45
Giant

0.55
G8III
4841K

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

HR 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.

95.69
311.96
15 km/s
-0.084 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO137871
SAO137871

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°
Max altitude: 36.3°
Azimuth: 267.7°