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HR2253

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:55 | Tran: 3:12 | Set: 10:24
Alt: 30.46°   Az: 106.05°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2253 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Orion.

HR2253 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its faintness, HR2253 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 HR2253 star
DSS2 image of HR2253. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2253 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 19m 30s
+14° 22’ 17”
20h 04m 52s
02h 24m 23s

J2000

06h 18m 05s
+14° 22’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

196.37°
-0.67°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2253 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2253.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.16
Main-sequence

-0.29
A3V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2253 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2253. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2253 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2253 double sysyem:

6.16
13.06
6.9
25.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2253 is distant 636.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

195.31
636.72
8 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO95502
SAO95502

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2253 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.6°
Max altitude: 52.9°
Azimuth: 284.4°