HR2409

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:22 | Tran: 17:24 | Set: 23:27

Alt: 28.83° Az: 131.58° Direction: South-East

HR2409 is a supergiant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2409 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, HR2409 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.

DSS2 image of HR2409. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2409 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 36m 34s

Declination +00° 52’ 04”

Hour Angle 21h 16m 12s

Sidereal Time 03h 52m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 35m 15s

Declination +00° 53’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 210.29°

Galactic Latitude -3.19°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.8

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -3.92

Spectral Type B8I

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2409 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2409. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2409 is distant 2,859.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 877.19

Distance (light year) 2,859.65

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD46769

SAO Catalogue SAO114097

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP31446

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 1491

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2409 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.1° RISE 11:22

Max altitude: 39.4° TRANSIT 17:24

Azimuth: 270.9° SET 23:27

Set Location

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