HR2048

Altitude: 5.8° Azimuth: 80.3° Direction: East

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

HR2048 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2048 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2048:

Color of HR2048 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2048 6.12

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2048 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 5.8°
Azimuth: 80.3°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2048

HR2048 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2048 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 54m 13s

Declination J2000 +10° 35’ 12”

Galactic Longitude 196.87°

Galactic Latitude -7.61°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2048 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2048.

Visibility of HR2048 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 79.4° RISE 6:59

Max altitude: 49.1° TRANSIT 13:51

Azimuth: 280.6° SET 20:43

RIGHT NOW HR2048 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2048

The image below is a photograph of HR2048 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2048 is 0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR2048 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 452.49 pc

Distance (light year) 1,475.11 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2048

HR2048 belongs to spectral class G9 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude -2.16

Spectral Type G9II

Color Index (B-V) 1.47

Temperature of HR2048 3839K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR2048

Henry Draper Catalogue HD39632

SAO Catalogue SAO94977

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27900

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+10 927

In Evidence

Other stars in Orion