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public  South Grafton, Australia South Grafton, Australia  ⓘ
TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 6:45 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 16:59
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HR2097

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:02 | Tran: 11:06 | Set: 17:06
Alt: -13.03°   Az: 98.78°   Direction: East

HR2097 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Orion.

HR2097 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR2097 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 HR2097 star
DSS2 image of HR2097. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2097 during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 59m 29s
-00° 59’ 36”
16h 57m 26s
22h 56m 55s

J2000

05h 58m 11s
-00° 59’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

207.67°
-12.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2097.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Hypergiant

0.78
K0
4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2097 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2097. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2097 is distant 399.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 61 kilometers per second.

122.55
399.51
61 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO132700
SAO132700

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2097 rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 91.0°
Max altitude: 61.3°
Azimuth: 269.0°