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HR2224

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:16 | Tran: 20:51 | Set: 2:30
Alt: 33.18°   Az: 167.01°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2224 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2224 visual magnitude is 5.83. Because of its faintness, HR2224 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 HR2224 star
DSS2 image of HR2224. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2224 during the next 100000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 15m 51s
-04° 34’ 39”
23h 16m 29s
05h 32m 20s

J2000

06h 14m 36s
-04° 34’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

212.83°
-10.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2224.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.83
Main-sequence

-0.56
B5V
12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2224 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2224. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2224 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 HR2224 double sysyem:

5.83
11.83
6
1.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2224 is distant 617.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

189.39
617.42
20 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO133003
SAO133003

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2224 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.6°
Max altitude: 33.9°
Azimuth: 265.4°