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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:27 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:01
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HR2051

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:24 | Tran: 20:38 | Set: 2:56
Alt: 36.71°   Az: 145.47°   Direction: South-East

HR2051 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Orion.

HR2051 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR2051 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 HR2051 star
DSS2 image of HR2051. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2051 during the next 10000 years (8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 55m 34s
+03° 13’ 42”
22h 11m 42s
04h 07m 16s

J2000

05h 54m 15s
+03° 13’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

203.4°
-11.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2051.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Hypergiant

0.17
K0
4139K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2051 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2051. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2051 is distant 551.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

169.20
551.61
-4 km/s
0.053 arcsec/y
-0.061"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113253
SAO113253

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2051 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.8°
Max altitude: 41.7°
Azimuth: 273.2°