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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:01  ☀️ Transit: 12:06  🌅 Sunset: 18:11

HR2383

HR2383 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Auriga.

HR2383 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2383 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2383:

6.42
Main-sequence
HR2383 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2383

HR2383 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2383 are provided in the following table:

06h 33m 42s
+33° 01’ 27”
181.32°
11°
Auriga

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2383 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2383 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2383.

Visibility of HR2383 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR2383 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.0°
Max altitude: 71.5°
Azimuth: 303.0°
HR2383 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2383

The image below is a photograph of HR2383 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2383 is 0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2383 star
DSS2 image of HR2383. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2383 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2383 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2383 is distant 443.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

136.05 pc
443.54 ly
-9 km/s
0.011 arcsec/year
0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2383

HR2383 belongs to spectral class A3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.75
A3V
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2383 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2383. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2383

SAO59222
SAO59222