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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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HR2444

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:27 | Tran: 16:03 | Set: 16:39
Alt: -14.77°   Az: 134.03°   Direction: South-East

HR2444 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Columba.

HR2444 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its faintness, HR2444 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 HR2444 star
DSS2 image of HR2444. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2444 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 37m 53s
-38° 10’ 10”
19h 51m 19s
02h 29m 13s

J2000

06h 37m 01s
-38° 08’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

246.82°
-19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2444.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.04
Hypergiant

0.42
K0III
4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2444 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2444. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2444 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2444 double sysyem:

6.04
10.04
4
25 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2444 is distant 433.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

132.98
433.51
29 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO197011
SAO197011

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2444 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.2°
Max altitude: 0.4°
Azimuth: 231.8°