HR4261

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:22 | Tran: 10:26 | Set: 14:31

Alt: -40.33° Az: 288.58° Direction: West-North-West

HR4261 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4261 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR4261 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 HR4261. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4261 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 56m 24s

Declination -20° 47’ 51”

Hour Angle 08h 37m 31s

Sidereal Time 19h 33m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 55m 11s

Declination -20° 39’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 269.45°

Galactic Latitude 34.54°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4261.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.44

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.01

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.1

Temperature 4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4261 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4261. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4261 is distant 636.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 195.31

Distance (light year) 636.72

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD94619

SAO Catalogue SAO179334

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53387

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-19 3134

FK5 Catalogue 2872

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4261 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.8° RISE 6:22

Max altitude: 17.7° TRANSIT 10:26

Azimuth: 249.2° SET 14:31

Set Location

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