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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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HR2222

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:36 | Tran: 15:46 | Set: 22:55
Alt: 13.87°   Az: 85.10°   Direction: East

HR2222 is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Orion.

HR2222 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, HR2222 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 HR2222 star
DSS2 image of HR2222. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2222 during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 16m 34s
+13° 50’ 28”
18h 19m 56s
00h 36m 31s

J2000

06h 15m 08s
+13° 51’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

196.49°
-1.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2222.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Main-sequence

-2.21
B1V
14354K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2222 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2222. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2222 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2222 double sysyem:

5.91
12.51
6.6
21.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2222 is distant 1,369.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

420.17
1,369.75
36 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO95444
SAO95444

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2222 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.2°
Max altitude: 52.4°
Azimuth: 283.8°