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HR2246

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:20 | Tran: 15:23 | Set: 21:27
Alt: -34.62°   Az: 334.66°   Direction: North-North-West

HR2246 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Orion.

HR2246 visual magnitude is 6.63. Because of its faintness, HR2246 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2246 star
DSS2 image of HR2246. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2246 during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 17m 39s
+01° 04’ 11”
10h 37m 29s
16h 55m 09s

J2000

06h 16m 21s
+01° 04’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

207.94°
-7.3°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2246.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.63
Main-sequence

-1.25
B6V
10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2246 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2246. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2246 is distant 1,230.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

377.36
1,230.19
22 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113668
SAO113668

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2246 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.9°
Max altitude: 39.6°
Azimuth: 271.1°