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public  Non Suwan, Tailandia Non Suwan, Tailandia  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Bangkok
Sunrise: 5:46 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 18:41
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HR2243

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:58 | Tran: 11:40 | Set: 17:18
Alt: 56.05°   Az: 193.37°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2243 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2243 visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, HR2243 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 HR2243 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 16m 24s
-18° 29’ 11”
00h 31m 18s
06h 47m 43s

J2000

06h 15m 17s
-18° 28’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

225.81°
-16.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2243.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.99
Hypergiant

1.96
K0
4603K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

63.86
208.17
65 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
-0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO151274
SAO151274

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2243 rise, transit and set times from Non Suwan, Tailandia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Bangkok):

Azimuth: 108.5°
Max altitude: 56.9°
Azimuth: 251.5°