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HR2299

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:03 | Tran: 20:24 | Set: 2:49
Alt: 34.95°   Az: 223.82°   Direction: South-West

HR2299 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2299 visual magnitude is 6.72. Because of its faintness, HR2299 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2299 star
DSS2 image of HR2299. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2299 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 25m 06s
+04° 34’ 50”
02h 18m 49s
08h 43m 56s

J2000

06h 23m 46s
+04° 35’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

205.67°
-4.03°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2299.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.72
Main-sequence

4.79
F5V
6625K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2299 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2299. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2299 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 HR2299 double sysyem:

6.72
8.92
2.2
12.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2299 is distant 79.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

24.34
79.34
16 km/s
-0.021 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113811
SAO113811

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2299 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.4°
Max altitude: 43.1°
Azimuth: 274.6°