HR2211

Altitude: -83.1° Azimuth: 332.2° Direction: North-North-West

HR2211 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2211 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2211 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 HR2211:

Color of HR2211 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2211 6.31

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2211 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -83.1°
Azimuth: 332.2°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2211

HR2211 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2211 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 10m 39s

Declination J2000 -45° 16’ 54”

Galactic Longitude 252.67°

Galactic Latitude -25.77°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2211 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2211.

Visibility of HR2211 from your location

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

HR2211 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2211

The image below is a photograph of HR2211 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 HR2211 is 0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2211. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2211 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2211 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2211 is distant 662.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 203.25 pc

Distance (light year) 662.60 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2211

HR2211 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.23

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature of HR2211 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2211 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2211. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2211

Henry Draper Catalogue HD42834

SAO Catalogue SAO217758

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29304

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-45 2349

FK5 Catalogue 2472

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis