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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 12:59 
Sunset: 21:15
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HR4296

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -30.81°   Az: 136.31°   Direction: South-East

HR4296 is a double giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Vela.

HR4296 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR4296 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 HR4296 star
DSS2 image of HR4296. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4296 during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 01m 15s
-51° 57’ 17”
19h 02m 49s
06h 04m 04s

J2000

11h 00m 08s
-51° 49’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

286.02°
7.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4296.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Giant

2.26
A3III
8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4296 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4296. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4296 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4296 double sysyem:

6.15
13.25
7.1
10.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4296 is distant 195.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

59.88
195.21
14 km/s
-0.038 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO238674
SAO238674

Visibility from Your Location

HR4296 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK