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HR2315

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:29 | Tran: 20:38 | Set: 2:51
Alt: -35.71°   Az: 11.19°   Direction: North

HR2315 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2315 visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, HR2315 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2315 star
DSS2 image of HR2315. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2315 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 27m 05s
+02° 15’ 22”
12h 36m 16s
19h 03m 22s

J2000

06h 25m 46s
+02° 16’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

207.97°
-4.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2315.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Hypergiant

0.36
A0V
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2315 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2315. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2315 is distant 553.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

169.78
553.48
24 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113868
SAO113868

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2315 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.7°
Max altitude: 40.8°
Azimuth: 272.3°