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HR2271

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:49 | Tran: 15:53 | Set: 19:57
Alt: -7.33°   Az: 245.36°   Direction: West-South-West

HR2271 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2271 visual magnitude is 5.81. Because of its faintness, HR2271 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 HR2271 star
DSS2 image of HR2271. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2271 during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 20m 04s
-20° 56’ 17”
04h 59m 23s
11h 19m 28s

J2000

06h 18m 59s
-20° 55’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

228.51°
-16.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2271.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.81
Sub-giant

-2.95
B4IV
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2271 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2271. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2271 is distant 1,841.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

564.97
1,841.81
31 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO171549
SAO171549

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2271 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.9°
Max altitude: 17.6°
Azimuth: 249.1°