HR2113

Altitude: -40.5° Azimuth: 344.0° Direction: North-North-West

HR2113 is a variable giant star in the constellation of Orion.

HR2113 visual magnitude is 4.53. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2113 should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2113:

Color of HR2113 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2113 4.53

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2113 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -40.5°
Azimuth: 344.0°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2113

HR2113 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2113 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 00m 03s

Declination J2000 -03° 04’ 27”

Galactic Longitude 209.79°

Galactic Latitude -12.83°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2113 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2113.

Visibility of HR2113 from your location

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

Today's HR2113 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.1° RISE 18:55

Max altitude: 35.4° TRANSIT 0:42

Azimuth: 266.9° SET 6:24

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2113

The image below is a photograph of HR2113 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 HR2113 is 0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.076 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2113. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2113 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2113 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2113 is distant 419.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 128.70 pc

Distance (light year) 419.56 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 26 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.076 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2113

HR2113 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.02

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.22

Temperature of HR2113 4270K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2113 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2113. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2113

Henry Draper Catalogue HD40657

SAO Catalogue SAO132732

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP28413

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 1256

FK5 Catalogue 2457

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 2770

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