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HR2300

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:13 | Tran: 20:56 | Set: 3:43
Alt: 47.37°   Az: 182.48°   Direction: South

HR2300 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2300 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, HR2300 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 HR2300 star
DSS2 image of HR2300. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2300 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 25m 24s
+08° 52’ 10”
00h 06m 47s
06h 32m 12s

J2000

06h 24m 02s
+08° 53’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

201.9°
-1.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2300.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.26
Main-sequence

-0.80
B8V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2300 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2300. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2300 is distant 842.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

258.40
842.38
3 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113817
SAO113817

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2300 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.1°
Max altitude: 47.4°
Azimuth: 278.9°