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public  Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Tokyo
Sunrise: 4:55 
Transit: 12:05 
Sunset: 19:16
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HR2211

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:17 | Tran: 11:27 | Set: 14:33
Alt: 8.76°   Az: 166.94°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2211 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2211 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR2211 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 HR2211 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 11m 23s
-45° 17’ 19”
22h 45m 58s
04h 57m 21s

J2000

06h 10m 39s
-45° 16’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

252.67°
-25.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2211.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Hypergiant

-0.23
A0V
10516K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

203.25
662.60
20 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO217758
SAO217758

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2211 rise, transit and set times from Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Tokyo):

Azimuth: 135.3°
Max altitude: 10.5°
Azimuth: 224.7°