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HR2174

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:38 | Tran: 20:49 | Set: 3:03
Alt: -13.69°   Az: 292.21°   Direction: West-North-West

HR2174 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Orion.

HR2174 visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, HR2174 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 HR2174 star
DSS2 image of HR2174. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2174 during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 10m 16s
+02° 29’ 36”
07h 43m 11s
13h 53m 27s

J2000

06h 08m 57s
+02° 29’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

205.81°
-8.28°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2174.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Main-sequence

-0.63
A3V
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2174 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2174. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2174 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2174 double sysyem:

5.73
6.93
1.2
29.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2174 is distant 609.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

186.92
609.35
34 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113507
SAO113507

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2174 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.5°
Max altitude: 41.0°
Azimuth: 272.5°