We use cookies to deliver essential features and to measure their performance. Learn more.
Help us keep TheSkyLive 100% free & ads-free, donate now!
Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:12 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:16
sunny   (Daytime)  
What's Visible Now • Tonight Timeline
Search  close
All Constellations » Auriga » 

HR2079

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 17.40°   Az: 8.09°   Direction: North

HR2079 is a star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR2079 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR2079 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 HR2079 star
DSS2 image of HR2079. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2079 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 01m 51s
+55° 19’ 13”
12h 54m 37s
18h 56m 28s

J2000

05h 59m 45s
+55° 19’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

158°
15.18°

Finder Chart

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for HR2079.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.44

1.34
A5
7399K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2079 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2079. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2079 is distant 341.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

104.82
341.72
45 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
-0.088"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO25504
SAO25504

Visibility from Your Location

HR2079 is circumpolar and transits at 20:13 UTC (altitude: 86.2°)