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HR4281

Altitude: -22.7°   Azimuth: 331.3°   Direction: North-North-West

HR4281 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Leo.

HR4281 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4281 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 HR4281:

6.55
Main-sequence

HR4281 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -22.7°
Azimuth: 331.3°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4281

HR4281 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4281 are provided in the following table:

10h 59m 41s
+11° 42’ 20”
237.93°
59.59°
Leo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4281 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4281 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4281.

Visibility of HR4281 from your location

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

Today's HR4281 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.3°
Max altitude: 50.2°
Azimuth: 281.7°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4281

The image below is a photograph of HR4281 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 HR4281 is -0.228 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.044 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4281 star
DSS2 image of HR4281. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4281 during the next 1000 years (-3.80 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.73 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4281 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4281 is distant 145.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

44.76 pc
145.93 ly
20 km/s
-0.228 arcsec/year
0.044 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4281

HR4281 belongs to spectral class F5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

3.30
F5V
6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4281 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4281. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4281

SAO99392
SAO99392