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HR2099

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:31 | Tran: 20:35 | Set: 3:43
Alt: 46.52°   Az: 216.16°   Direction: South-West

HR2099 is a double giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Orion.

HR2099 visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its faintness, HR2099 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 HR2099 star
DSS2 image of HR2099. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2099 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 00m 18s
+12° 48’ 31”
01h 38m 25s
07h 38m 43s

J2000

05h 58m 53s
+12° 48’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

195.49°
-5.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2099.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.7
Giant

-1.35
K2III
5023K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2099 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2099. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2099 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2099 double sysyem:

5.7
6.7
1
0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2099 is distant 838.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

257.07
838.05
12 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO95075
SAO95075

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2099 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.2°
Max altitude: 51.3°
Azimuth: 282.8°