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HR2111

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:37 | Tran: 20:18 | Set: 5:03
Alt: 37.79°   Az: 268.08°   Direction: West

HR2111 is a double supergiant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2111 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR2111 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 HR2111 star
DSS2 image of HR2111. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2111 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 02m 35s
+27° 34’ 16”
04h 12m 01s
10h 14m 36s

J2000

06h 01m 00s
+27° 34’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

182.9°
2.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2111.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.05
Supergiant

-4.72
B9I
7795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2111 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2111. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2111 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 HR2111 double sysyem:

6.05
12.05
6
9.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2111 is distant 4,657.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

1,428.57
4,657.14
17 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO77837
SAO77837

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2111 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.4°
Max altitude: 66.1°
Azimuth: 297.6°