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HR2008

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -71.75°   Az: 274.88°   Direction: West

HR2008 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Pictor.

HR2008 visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, HR2008 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 HR2008 star
DSS2 image of HR2008. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2008 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 47m 08s
-46° 35’ 21”
10h 11m 58s
15h 59m 07s

J2000

05h 46m 27s
-46° 35’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

253.21°
-30.16°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2008 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2008.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.31
Hypergiant

-0.44
K0II
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2008 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2008. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2008 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 HR2008 double sysyem:

5.31
12.71
7.4
37 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2008 is distant 459.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

141.04
459.80
11 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO217521
SAO217521

Visibility from Your Location

HR2008 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK