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public  El Vigía, Venezuela El Vigía, Venezuela  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Caracas
Sunrise: 6:33 
Transit: 12:50 
Sunset: 19:08
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HR4427

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:47 | Tran: 17:33 | Set: 0:23
Alt: -22.35°   Az: 18.30°   Direction: North-North-East

HR4427 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

HR4427 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, HR4427 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 HR4427 star
DSS2 image of HR4427. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4427 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 31m 37s
+54° 13’ 15”
13h 59m 06s
01h 30m 43s

J2000

11h 30m 12s
+54° 21’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

146.03°
58.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4427.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.41
Hypergiant

-0.06
K0III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4427 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4427. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4427 is distant 641.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

196.85
641.73
-22 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.057"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO28038
SAO28038

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4427 rise, transit and set times from El Vigía, Venezuela are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Caracas):

Azimuth: 35.8°
Max altitude: 44.4°
Azimuth: 324.2°