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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR4271

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -31.23°   Az: 151.05°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4271 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4271 visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, HR4271 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 HR4271 star
DSS2 image of HR4271. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4271 during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 14.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 56m 18s
-60° 39’ 09”
20h 09m 30s
07h 05m 48s

J2000

10h 55m 17s
-60° 31’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

289.11°
-0.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4271.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.92
Hypergiant

1.06
K0III
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4271 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4271. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4271 is distant 305.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

93.81
305.82
-26 km/s
-0.036 arcsec/y
0.084"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251178
SAO251178

Visibility from Your Location

HR4271 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK