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HR2146

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:26 | Tran: 7:29 | Set: 16:27
Alt: 50.13°   Az: 105.68°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2146 is a double bright giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR2146 visual magnitude is 6.08. Because of its faintness, HR2146 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 HR2146 star
DSS2 image of HR2146. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2146 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 07m 57s
+29° 30’ 29”
20h 59m 18s
03h 07m 16s

J2000

06h 06m 22s
+29° 30’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

181.78°
4.2°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2146 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2146.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.08
Bright giant

-1.11
M3II
3477K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2146 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2146. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2146 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2146 double sysyem:

6.08
11.08
5
10 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2146 is distant 893.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

273.97
893.15
-36 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO77958
SAO77958

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2146 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.5°
Max altitude: 68.0°
Azimuth: 299.5°