HR2126

Altitude: 25.6° Azimuth: 7.7° Direction: North

HR2126 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR2126 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2126 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2126:

Color of HR2126 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2126 6.39

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2126 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 25.6°
Azimuth: 7.7°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2126

HR2126 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2126 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 06m 39s

Declination J2000 +63° 27’ 12”

Galactic Longitude 150.61°

Galactic Latitude 19.31°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2126 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2126.

Visibility of HR2126 from your location

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

HR2126 is circumpolar and transits at 12:48 UTC (altitude: 78.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2126

The image below is a photograph of HR2126 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 HR2126 is -0.03 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2126. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2126 during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2126 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2126 is distant 414.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 127.06 pc

Distance (light year) 414.23 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.03 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2126

HR2126 belongs to spectral class K0

Absolute magnitude 0.87

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature of HR2126 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2126 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2126. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2126

Henry Draper Catalogue HD40956

SAO Catalogue SAO13715

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP28951

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+63 630

In Evidence

Other stars in Camelopardalis