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HR2169

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:57 | Tran: 20:58 | Set: 5:02
Alt: 49.25°   Az: 238.05°   Direction: West-South-West

HR2169 is a supergiant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2169 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, HR2169 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 HR2169 star
DSS2 image of HR2169. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2169 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 11m 03s
+22° 11’ 01”
02h 26m 58s
08h 38m 01s

J2000

06h 09m 32s
+22° 11’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

188.54°
1.28°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2169.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.93
Supergiant

-5.45
K4I
3608K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2169 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2169. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2169 is distant 6,150.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

1,886.79
6,150.94
8 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO78045
SAO78045

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2169 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.8°
Max altitude: 60.7°
Azimuth: 292.2°