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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR2254

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:57 | Tran: 14:48 | Set: 18:40
Alt: 15.74°   Az: 176.91°   Direction: South

HR2254 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2254 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, HR2254 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 HR2254 star
DSS2 image of HR2254. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2254 during the next 1000 years (1.98 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.18 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 18m 07s
-22° 43’ 33”
23h 47m 06s
06h 05m 14s

J2000

06h 17m 03s
-22° 42’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

230.04°
-17.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2254.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.07
Hypergiant

3.06
G0V
6129K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2254 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2254. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2254 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2254 double sysyem:

6.07
10.47
4.4
47.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2254 is distant 130.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

39.90
130.09
-4 km/s
0.119 arcsec/y
-0.251"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO171502
SAO171502

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2254 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.7°
Max altitude: 15.8°
Azimuth: 247.3°