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HR2048

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:07 | Tran: 19:59 | Set: 2:55
Alt: 32.15°   Az: 243.82°   Direction: West-South-West

HR2048 is a bright giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Orion.

HR2048 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR2048 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 HR2048 star
DSS2 image of HR2048. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2048 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 55m 36s
+10° 35’ 24”
03h 22m 28s
09h 18m 05s

J2000

05h 54m 13s
+10° 35’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

196.87°
-7.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2048.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Bright giant

-2.16
G9II
3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2048 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2048. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2048 is distant 1,475.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

452.49
1,475.11
13 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO94977
SAO94977

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2048 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.4°
Max altitude: 49.1°
Azimuth: 280.6°