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HR4263

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -9.86°   Az: 151.66°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4263 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Vela.

HR4263 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, HR4263 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 HR4263 star
DSS2 image of HR4263. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4263 during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 56m 09s
-42° 23’ 02”
21h 22m 53s
08h 19m 02s

J2000

10h 55m 00s
-42° 15’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

280.98°
15.6°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4263 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4263.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
Hypergiant
HR4263 is also a SiCr chemically peculiar star.

0.20
A0
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4263 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4263. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4263 is distant 495.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

151.98
495.44
22 km/s
-0.037 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO222422
SAO222422

Visibility from Your Location

HR4263 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK