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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:14 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:14
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HR2

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:26 | Tran: 14:22 | Set: 20:19
Alt: 19.65°   Az: 117.34°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2 is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Pisces.

HR2 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR2 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 HR2 star
DSS2 image of HR2. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2 during the next 10000 years (7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 06m 21s
-00° 21’ 47”
20h 12m 52s
20h 19m 13s

J2000

00h 05m 03s
-00° 30’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

98.33°
-61.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Giant

0.50
G9
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2 is distant 469.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

143.88
469.06
14 km/s
0.045 arcsec/y
-0.06"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO128569
SAO128569

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.4°
Max altitude: 38.2°
Azimuth: 269.6°