HR2469

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:31 | Tran: 17:43 | Set: 22:54

Alt: 12.58° Az: 237.10° Direction: West-South-West

HR2469 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2469 visual magnitude is 5.19. Because of its faintness, HR2469 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 HR2469. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2469 during the next 10000 years (7.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 43m 08s

Declination -09° 11’ 35”

Hour Angle 03h 44m 25s

Sidereal Time 10h 27m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 41m 56s

Declination -09° 10’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 220.05°

Galactic Latitude -6.26°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.19

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.13

Spectral Type M0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.53

Temperature 3749K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2469 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2469. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2469 is distant 377.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 115.87

Distance (light year) 377.75

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.043 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD48217

SAO Catalogue SAO133585

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP32064

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 1601

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2469 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.2° RISE 12:31

Max altitude: 29.3° TRANSIT 17:43

Azimuth: 260.8° SET 22:54

Set Location

Other stars in Monoceros