HR2236

Altitude: -3.5° Azimuth: 83.8° Direction: East

HR2236 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Orion.

HR2236 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2236 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 HR2236:

Color of HR2236 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2236 6.37

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2236 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -3.5°
Azimuth: 83.8°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2236

HR2236 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 HR2236 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 15m 53s

Declination J2000 +01° 10’ 09”

Galactic Longitude 207.81°

Galactic Latitude -7.36°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2236 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2236.

Visibility of HR2236 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 HR2236 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: 88.8° RISE 19:01

Max altitude: 39.7° TRANSIT 1:09

Azimuth: 271.2° SET 7:13

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2236

The image below is a photograph of HR2236 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 HR2236 is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.034 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2236. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2236 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2236 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2236 is distant 302.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 92.94 pc

Distance (light year) 302.97 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.034 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2236

HR2236 belongs to spectral class F5 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.53

Spectral Type F5IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.46

Temperature of HR2236 6576K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2236 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2236. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2236

Henry Draper Catalogue HD43358

SAO Catalogue SAO113656

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29746

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+01 1275

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