HR4272

Altitude: 59.5° Azimuth: 343.5° Direction: North-North-West

HR4272 is a giant star in the constellation of Draco.

HR4272 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4272 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4272:

Color of HR4272 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4272 6.2

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4272 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 59.5°
Azimuth: 343.5°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4272

HR4272 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4272 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 10h 59m 56s

Declination J2000 +77° 46’ 11”

Galactic Longitude 130.13°

Galactic Latitude 37.76°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4272 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4272.

Visibility of HR4272 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR4272 is circumpolar and transits at 10:32 UTC (altitude: 63.7°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4272

The image below is a photograph of HR4272 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4272 is -0.072 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR4272. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4272 during the next 10000 years (-12.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4272 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4272 is distant 553.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 50 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 169.78 pc

Distance (light year) 553.48 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -50 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.072 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4272

HR4272 belongs to spectral class G9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.05

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.97

Temperature of HR4272 4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4272 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4272. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4272

Henry Draper Catalogue HD94860

SAO Catalogue SAO7255

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53761

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+78 367

FK5 Catalogue 413

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