HR2184

Altitude: 39.3° Azimuth: 247.4° Direction: West-South-West

HR2184 is a bright giant star in the constellation of Orion.

HR2184 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2184 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2184:

Color of HR2184 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2184 6.33

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2184 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 39.3°
Azimuth: 247.4°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2184

HR2184 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2184 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 11m 01s

Declination J2000 +18° 07’ 45”

Galactic Longitude 192.26°

Galactic Latitude -0.37°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2184 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2184.

Visibility of HR2184 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR2184 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.9° RISE 22:45

Max altitude: 56.6° TRANSIT 6:24

Azimuth: 288.1° SET 13:59

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2184

The image below is a photograph of HR2184 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2184 is -0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.047 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2184. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2184 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2184 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2184 is distant 2,650.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 813.01 pc

Distance (light year) 2,650.41 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.047 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2184

HR2184 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude -3.22

Spectral Type K1II

Color Index (B-V) 1.35

Temperature of HR2184 4034K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2184 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2184. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2184

Henry Draper Catalogue HD42351

SAO Catalogue SAO95337

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29326

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+18 1112

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