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HR2210

Altitude: 21.9°   Azimuth: 125.5°   Direction: South-East

HR2210 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Orion.

HR2210 visual magnitude is 6.62. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2210 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 HR2210:

6.62
Main-sequence

HR2210 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 21.9°
Azimuth: 125.5°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2210

HR2210 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 HR2210 are provided in the following table:

06h 12m 44s
-02° 30’ 15”
210.74°
-9.75°
Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2210 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2210 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2210.

Visibility of HR2210 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 HR2210 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: 92.5°
Max altitude: 36.0°
Azimuth: 267.5°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2210

The image below is a photograph of HR2210 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 HR2210 is -0.045 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2210 star
DSS2 image of HR2210. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2210 during the next 10000 years (-7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2210 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2210 is distant 473.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

145.35 pc
473.84 ly
-4 km/s
-0.045 arcsec/year
0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2210

HR2210 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.81
A2V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2210 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2210. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2210

SAO132965
SAO132965