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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR4278

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:42 | Tran: 20:02 | Set: 6:25
Alt: 9.32°   Az: 41.47°   Direction: North-East

HR4278 is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

HR4278 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR4278 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 HR4278 star
DSS2 image of HR4278. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4278 during the next 10000 years (11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 00m 57s
+35° 57’ 23”
15h 35m 19s
02h 36m 16s

J2000

10h 59m 32s
+36° 05’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

185.24°
64.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4278.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Giant

-1.18
M2III
3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4278 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4278. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4278 is distant 888.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

272.48
888.28
-26 km/s
0.071 arcsec/y
-0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO62345
SAO62345

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4278 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 54.0°
Max altitude: 74.5°
Azimuth: 306.0°