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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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HR2057

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:26 | Tran: 15:29 | Set: 21:32
Alt: 35.99°   Az: 151.47°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2057 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Orion.

HR2057 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR2057 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 HR2057 star
DSS2 image of HR2057. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2057 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 56m 02s
+00° 58’ 16”
22h 29m 03s
04h 25m 06s

J2000

05h 54m 44s
+00° 58’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

205.49°
-12.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2057.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Hypergiant

-1.02
K0III
4051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2057 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2057. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2057 is distant 827.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

253.81
827.41
22 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113265
SAO113265

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2057 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.0°
Max altitude: 39.5°
Azimuth: 271.0°