HR2243

Altitude: 19.8° Azimuth: 174.0° Direction: South

HR2243 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2243 visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2243 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 HR2243:

Color of HR2243 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2243 5.99

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2243 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 19.8°
Azimuth: 174.0°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2243

HR2243 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 HR2243 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 15m 17s

Declination J2000 -18° 28’ 36”

Galactic Longitude 225.81°

Galactic Latitude -16.09°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2243 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2243.

Visibility of HR2243 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 HR2243 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: 108.5° RISE 20:34

Max altitude: 20.0° TRANSIT 0:57

Azimuth: 251.5° SET 5:16

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2243

The image below is a photograph of HR2243 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 HR2243 is 0.016 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.048 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2243. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2243 during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2243 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2243 is distant 208.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 65 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 63.86 pc

Distance (light year) 208.17 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 65 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.016 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.048 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2243

HR2243 belongs to spectral class K0

Absolute magnitude 1.96

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.06

Temperature of HR2243 4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2243 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2243. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2243

Henry Draper Catalogue HD43429

SAO Catalogue SAO151274

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29692

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-18 1352

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