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HR2066

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:03 | Tran: 14:56 | Set: 23:49
Alt: -5.96°   Az: 24.16°   Direction: North-North-East

HR2066 is a bright giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR2066 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR2066 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 HR2066 star
DSS2 image of HR2066. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2066 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 58m 10s
+28° 56’ 37”
13h 50m 54s
19h 49m 04s

J2000

05h 56m 33s
+28° 56’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

181.22°
2.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2066.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Bright giant

-3.91
A2II
7462K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2066 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2066. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2066 is distant 3,622.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

1,111.11
3,622.22
19 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO77744
SAO77744

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2066 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.1°
Max altitude: 67.5°
Azimuth: 298.9°