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HR2049

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -22.35°   Az: 148.60°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2049 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Pictor.

HR2049 visual magnitude is 5.17. Because of its faintness, HR2049 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 HR2049 star
DSS2 image of HR2049. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2049 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 51m 26s
-52° 06’ 12”
20h 33m 17s
02h 24m 44s

J2000

05h 50m 53s
-52° 06’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

259.64°
-30.17°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2049 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2049.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.17
Giant

0.62
G8III
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2049 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2049. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2049 is distant 264.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

81.10
264.40
1 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.078"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO234169
SAO234169

Visibility from Your Location

HR2049 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK