HR2000

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:33 | Tran: 15:06 | Set: 19:38

Alt: -15.21° Az: 97.10° Direction: East

HR2000 is a supergiant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR2000 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR2000 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.

DSS2 image of HR2000. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2000 during the next 10000 years (-5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 48m 15s

Declination -16° 13’ 48”

Hour Angle 17h 43m 15s

Sidereal Time 23h 31m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 47m 07s

Declination -16° 14’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 220.81°

Galactic Latitude -21.35°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.17

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.37

Spectral Type G2I

Color Index (B-V) 0.89

Temperature 5023K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2000 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2000. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2000 is distant 663.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 203.67

Distance (light year) 663.95

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.034 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38713

SAO Catalogue SAO150806

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27308

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 1244

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2000 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.2° RISE 10:33

Max altitude: 22.3° TRANSIT 15:06

Azimuth: 253.8° SET 19:38

Set Location

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