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HR2281

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -13.73°   Az: 165.04°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2281 is a supergiant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2281 visual magnitude is 7.04. Because of its faintness, HR2281 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2281 star
DSS2 image of HR2281. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2281 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 19m 23s
-50° 22’ 14”
22h 27m 22s
04h 46m 45s

J2000

06h 18m 46s
-50° 21’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

258.49°
-25.58°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2281 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2281.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

7.04
Supergiant

-2.49
G2I
5192K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2281 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2281. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2281 is distant 2,629.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

806.45
2,629.03
17 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO234442
SAO234442

Visibility from Your Location

HR2281 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK