HR2259

Altitude: -18.1° Azimuth: 312.5° Direction: North-West

HR2259 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Orion.

HR2259 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2259 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 HR2259:

Color of HR2259 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2259 6.24

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2259 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -18.1°
Azimuth: 312.5°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2259

HR2259 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 HR2259 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 18m 40s

Declination J2000 +09° 02’ 49”

Galactic Longitude 201.14°

Galactic Latitude -3.07°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2259 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2259.

Visibility of HR2259 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 HR2259 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: 81.0° RISE 7:24

Max altitude: 47.6° TRANSIT 14:08

Azimuth: 279.0° SET 20:52

RIGHT NOW HR2259 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2259

The image below is a photograph of HR2259 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 HR2259 is 0.03 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.044 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2259. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2259 during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2259 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2259 is distant 346.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 106.16 pc

Distance (light year) 346.07 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.03 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.044 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2259

HR2259 belongs to spectral class K0

Absolute magnitude 1.11

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 0.87

Temperature of HR2259 5078K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2259 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2259. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2259

Henry Draper Catalogue HD43821

SAO Catalogue SAO113710

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29982

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+09 1184

In Evidence

Other stars in Orion