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HR2160

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:43 | Tran: 15:28 | Set: 17:12
Alt: -67.53°   Az: 53.37°   Direction: North-East

HR2160 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Columba.

HR2160 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, HR2160 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 HR2160 star
DSS2 image of HR2160. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2160 during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 06m 20s
-35° 31’ 02”
13h 28m 33s
19h 34m 54s

J2000

06h 05m 27s
-35° 30’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

241.98°
-24.16°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2160.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.8
Main-sequence

1.27
A1V
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2160 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2160. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2160 is distant 262.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

80.65
262.90
24 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO196483
SAO196483

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2160 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.5°
Max altitude: 3.0°
Azimuth: 234.5°