HR2074

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:18 | Tran: 5:37 | Set: 13:52

Alt: 13.64° Az: 68.04° Direction: East-North-East

HR2074 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR2074 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR2074 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.

DSS2 image of HR2074. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2074 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 58m 27s

Declination +24° 15’ 03”

Hour Angle 17h 25m 18s

Sideral Time 23h 23m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 56m 56s

Declination +24° 14’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 185.32°

Galactic Latitude -0.22°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2074.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.02

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -23.98

Spectral Type A0I

Color Index (B-V) 0.39

Temperature 6934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2074 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2074. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2074 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 10,000,000.00

Distance (light year) 32,600,000.00

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD39970

SAO Catalogue SAO77750

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP28154

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 1033

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2074 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.7° RISE 21:18

Max altitude: 62.8° TRANSIT 5:37

Azimuth: 294.3° SET 13:52

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus