HR2161

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:26 | Tran: 5:31 | Set: 10:32

Alt: 24.78° Az: 157.33° Direction: South-South-East

HR2161 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR2161 visual magnitude is 6.66. Because of its faintness, HR2161 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR2161. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2161 during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 08m 01s

Declination -11° 10’ 41”

Hour Angle 22h 36m 24s

Sidereal Time 04h 44m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 06m 51s

Declination -11° 10’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 218.04°

Galactic Latitude -14.9°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2161.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.66

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.81

Spectral Type B3V

Color Index (B-V) -0.15

Temperature 12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2161 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2161. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2161 is distant 1,613.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 495.05

Distance (light year) 1,613.86

Radial Speed 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD41814

SAO Catalogue SAO151126

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP28973

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-11 1386

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2161 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.2° RISE 0:26

Max altitude: 27.3° TRANSIT 5:31

Azimuth: 258.8° SET 10:32

Set Location

Other stars in Lepus