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Sunset: 17:16
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HR2426

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:57 | Tran: 20:50 | Set: 3:47
Alt: 6.33°   Az: 80.55°   Direction: East

HR2426 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2426 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR2426 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 HR2426 star
DSS2 image of HR2426. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2426 during the next 10000 years (-6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 39m 00s
+10° 49’ 47”
17h 46m 12s
00h 25m 12s

J2000

06h 37m 36s
+10° 51’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

201.71°
1.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2426.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.38
Hypergiant

-0.78
K0
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2426 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2426. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2426 is distant 883.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

271.00
883.47
2 km/s
-0.039 arcsec/y
-0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO95914
SAO95914

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2426 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.2°
Max altitude: 49.3°
Azimuth: 280.8°