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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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HR2401

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 48.83°   Az: 15.84°   Direction: North-North-East

HR2401 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR2401 visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its faintness, HR2401 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 HR2401 star
DSS2 image of HR2401. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2401 during the next 1000 years (-1.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.07 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 50m 31s
+79° 32’ 06”
17h 26m 08s
00h 16m 40s

J2000

06h 46m 14s
+79° 33’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

134.59°
26.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2401.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.45
Main-sequence

4.19
F8V
6389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2401 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2401. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2401 is distant 58.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

17.85
58.19
13 km/s
-0.102 arcsec/y
-0.604"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO5946
SAO5946
Gl 240.1

Visibility from Your Location

HR2401 is circumpolar and transits at 15:20 UTC (altitude: 61.9°)