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HR2089

Altitude: -11.2°   Azimuth: 176.0°   Direction: South

HR2089 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Pictor.

HR2089 visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2089 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2089:

6.1
Main-sequence

HR2089 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -11.2°
Azimuth: 176.0°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2089

HR2089 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2089 are provided in the following table:

05h 54m 41s
-49° 37’ 36”
256.89°
-29.25°
Pictor

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2089 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2089 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2089.

Visibility of HR2089 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR2089 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2089

The image below is a photograph of HR2089 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2089 is -0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.016 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2089 star
DSS2 image of HR2089. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2089 during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2089 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2089 is distant 1,101.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

337.84 pc
1,101.35 ly
12 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/year
0.016 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2089

HR2089 belongs to spectral class B3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-1.54
B3V
12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2089 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2089. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2089

SAO217612
SAO217612