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HR2187

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -50.81°   Az: 103.64°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2187 is a double bright giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2187 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR2187 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 HR2187 star
DSS2 image of HR2187. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2187 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 09m 18s
-44° 21’ 41”
15h 56m 47s
22h 06m 05s

J2000

06h 08m 34s
-44° 21’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

251.57°
-25.92°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2187 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2187.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.27
Bright giant

-0.54
B8II
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2187 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2187. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2187 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2187 double sysyem:

6.27
13.07
6.8
33.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2187 is distant 751.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

230.41
751.15
17 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO217735
SAO217735

Visibility from Your Location

HR2187 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK