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HR2430

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:02 | Tran: 21:14 | Set: 3:29
Alt: -6.24°   Az: 282.29°   Direction: West-North-West

HR2430 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2430 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR2430 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 HR2430 star
DSS2 image of HR2430. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2430 during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 38m 59s
+02° 40’ 51”
06h 54m 01s
13h 33m 00s

J2000

06h 37m 40s
+02° 42’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

208.95°
-1.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2430.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Giant

0.35
K1III
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2430 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2430. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2430 is distant 474.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

145.56
474.53
-8 km/s
-0.038 arcsec/y
-0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO114154
SAO114154

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2430 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.3°
Max altitude: 41.2°
Azimuth: 272.7°