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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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HR2217

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:04 | Tran: 15:27 | Set: 1:54
Alt: 70.58°   Az: 224.34°   Direction: South-West

HR2217 is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR2217 visual magnitude is 6.92. Because of its faintness, HR2217 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2217 star
DSS2 image of HR2217. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2217 during the next 10000 years (-10.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 17m 21s
+36° 08’ 18”
01h 06m 54s
07h 24m 16s

J2000

06h 15m 38s
+36° 08’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

176.81°
9.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2217.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.92
Sub-giant

3.50
F4IV
6625K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2217 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2217. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2217 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2217 double sysyem:

6.92
7.52
0.6
11.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2217 is distant 157.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

48.31
157.49
7 km/s
-0.065 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO58905
SAO58905

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2217 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.9°
Max altitude: 74.7°
Azimuth: 306.1°