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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:13 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:39
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HR4266

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -24.20°   Az: 171.55°   Direction: South

HR4266 is a double giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4266 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, HR4266 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 HR4266 star
DSS2 image of HR4266. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4266 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 55m 29s
-61° 57’ 43”
22h 53m 44s
09h 49m 14s

J2000

10h 54m 29s
-61° 49’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

289.59°
-2.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4266.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.93
Giant

-2.61
K4III
3453K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4266 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4266. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4266 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4266 double sysyem:

5.93
10.93
5
7.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4266 is distant 1,663.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

510.20
1,663.27
-3 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251173
SAO251173

Visibility from Your Location

HR4266 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK