HR2235

Altitude: 31.2° Azimuth: 258.1° Direction: West-South-West

HR2235 is a bright giant star in the constellation of Orion.

HR2235 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2235 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2235:

Color of HR2235 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2235 6.39

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2235 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 31.2°
Azimuth: 258.1°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2235

HR2235 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2235 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 16m 23s

Declination J2000 +17° 10’ 53”

Galactic Longitude 193.71°

Galactic Latitude 0.3°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2235 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2235.

Visibility of HR2235 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR2235 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.8° RISE 23:04

Max altitude: 55.7° TRANSIT 6:37

Azimuth: 287.2° SET 14:06

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2235

The image below is a photograph of HR2235 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2235 is -0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2235. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2235 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2235 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2235 is distant 727.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 223.21 pc

Distance (light year) 727.68 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 39 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2235

HR2235 belongs to spectral class K5 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.35

Spectral Type K5II

Color Index (B-V) 1.58

Temperature of HR2235 3677K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2235 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2235. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2235

Henry Draper Catalogue HD43335

SAO Catalogue SAO95473

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29798

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 1191

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