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HR2195

Altitude: -26.0°   Azimuth: 293.8°   Direction: West-North-West

HR2195 is a variable hypergiant star in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2195 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2195 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR2195 is 0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2195 star
DSS2 image of HR2195. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2195 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR2195

6.15
Hypergiant

HR2195 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -26.0°
Azimuth: 293.8°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2195

HR2195 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 HR2195 are provided in the following table:

06h 11m 01s
-06° 45’ 15”
214.41°
-12.05°
Monoceros

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2195 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2195 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2195.

Visibility of HR2195 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 HR2195 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: 96.8°
Max altitude: 31.8°
Azimuth: 263.2°

Distance of HR2195 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2195 is distant 551.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

169.20 pc
551.61 ly
5 km/s
0.004 arcsec/year
-0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2195

HR2195 belongs to spectral class A0 HR2195 is also a SrCr chemically peculiar star.

0.01
A0
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2195 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2195. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2195

SAO132924
SAO132924