HR2180

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:18 | Tran: 6:12 | Set: 10:06

Alt: -5.71° Az: 240.64° Direction: West-South-West

HR2180 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR2180 visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, HR2180 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.

DSS2 image of HR2180. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2180 during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 10m 00s

Declination -22° 25’ 59”

Hour Angle 04h 39m 03s

Sideral Time 10h 49m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 08m 57s

Declination -22° 25’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 229.01°

Galactic Latitude -19°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2180.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.5

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.03

Spectral Type A0IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2180 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2180. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2180 is distant 255.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 44 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 78.31

Distance (light year) 255.29

Radial Speed 44 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD42301

SAO Catalogue SAO171293

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29150

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 1327

FK5 Catalogue 1165

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2180 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.4° RISE 2:18

Max altitude: 16.1° TRANSIT 6:12

Azimuth: 247.6° SET 10:06

Set Location

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