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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR2140

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:09 | Tran: 14:34 | Set: 18:00
Alt: 12.23°   Az: 181.04°   Direction: South

HR2140 is a multiple giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR2140 visual magnitude is 5.04. Because of its faintness, HR2140 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 HR2140 star
DSS2 image of HR2140. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2140 during the next 1000 years (0.93 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.53 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 04m 16s
-26° 17’ 12”
00h 04m 31s
06h 08m 48s

J2000

06h 03m 15s
-26° 17’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

232.33°
-21.62°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2140.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.04
Giant

-0.34
K3III
4051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2140 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2140. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2140 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 HR2140 double sysyem:

5.04
12.34
7.3
2.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2140 is distant 387.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 182 kilometers per second.

118.91
387.63
182 km/s
0.056 arcsec/y
0.092"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO171180
SAO171180

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2140 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.3°
Max altitude: 12.2°
Azimuth: 243.7°