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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR4279

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -66.24°   Az: 180.37°   Direction: South

HR4279 is a bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4279 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, HR4279 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 HR4279 star
DSS2 image of HR4279. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4279 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 57m 59s
-75° 14’ 09”
11h 57m 41s
22h 55m 40s

J2000

10h 57m 15s
-75° 05’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

295.66°
-13.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4279.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Bright giant

-3.15
K1II
3749K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4279 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4279. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4279 is distant 2,345.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

719.42
2,345.32
8 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256775
SAO256775

Visibility from Your Location

HR4279 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK