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HR2424

Altitude: -46.5°   Azimuth: 94.2°   Direction: East

HR2424 is a multiple hypergiant star in the constellation of Columba.

HR2424 visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2424 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR2424 is -0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.018 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2424 star
DSS2 image of HR2424. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2424 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.00 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR2424

5.59
Hypergiant

HR2424 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -46.5°
Azimuth: 94.2°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2424

HR2424 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2424 are provided in the following table:

06h 35m 24s
-36° 46’ 48”
245.35°
-18.84°
Columba

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2424 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2424 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2424.

Visibility of HR2424 from your location

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

Today's HR2424 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.8°
Max altitude: 1.7°
Azimuth: 233.2°

Distance of HR2424 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2424 is distant 580.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

177.94 pc
580.07 ly
23 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/year
0.018 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2424

HR2424 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

-0.66
A0V
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2424 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2424. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR2424 star system properties

HR2424 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2424 double sysyem:

5.59
6.39
0.8
1.5 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR2424

SAO196978
SAO196978