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HR2287

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:36 | Tran: 20:39 | Set: 3:46
Alt: 1.57°   Az: 288.35°   Direction: West-North-West

HR2287 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Orion.

HR2287 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR2287 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 HR2287 star
DSS2 image of HR2287. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2287 during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 24m 01s
+12° 33’ 20”
06h 54m 18s
13h 18m 19s

J2000

06h 22m 36s
+12° 34’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

198.48°
-0.56°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2287.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Hypergiant

2.00
F0III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2287 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2287. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2287 is distant 205.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

63.01
205.42
21 km/s
-0.033 arcsec/y
-0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO95599
SAO95599

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2287 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.4°
Max altitude: 51.1°
Azimuth: 282.6°