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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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HR2231

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:58 | Tran: 15:26 | Set: 21:55
Alt: 30.71°   Az: 123.31°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2231 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Orion.

HR2231 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, HR2231 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 HR2231 star
DSS2 image of HR2231. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2231 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 17m 01s
+06° 03’ 21”
20h 54m 56s
03h 11m 58s

J2000

06h 15m 40s
+06° 03’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

203.42°
-5.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2231.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.07
Main-sequence

-0.72
B6V
12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2231 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2231. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2231 is distant 742.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

227.79
742.60
26 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113650
SAO113650

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2231 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.9°
Max altitude: 44.6°
Azimuth: 276.1°