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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:28 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:00
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HR2237

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:51 | Tran: 21:03 | Set: 2:19
Alt: 16.65°   Az: 129.74°   Direction: South-East

HR2237 is a giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2237 visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its faintness, HR2237 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 HR2237 star
DSS2 image of HR2237. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2237 during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 16m 37s
-09° 02’ 42”
20h 47m 01s
03h 03m 39s

J2000

06h 15m 25s
-09° 02’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

217°
-12.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2237.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.1
Giant

-0.75
B9III
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2237 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2237. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2237 is distant 763.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

234.19
763.47
19 km/s
-0.035 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO133029
SAO133029

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2237 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.0°
Max altitude: 29.5°
Azimuth: 261.0°