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Sunset: 17:11
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HR2098

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:48 | Tran: 20:21 | Set: 22:53
Alt: -35.21°   Az: 261.13°   Direction: West

HR2098 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Columba.

HR2098 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR2098 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 HR2098 star
DSS2 image of HR2098. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2098 during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 57m 45s
-31° 58’ 28”
07h 11m 31s
13h 09m 17s

J2000

05h 56m 48s
-31° 58’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

237.68°
-24.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2098.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.44
Giant

-0.44
G8III
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2098 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2098. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2098 is distant 776.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

238.10
776.19
29 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO196335
SAO196335

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2098 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.0°
Max altitude: 6.5°
Azimuth: 238.0°