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Sunset: 17:05
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HR2474

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:06 | Tran: 21:19 | Set: 3:36
Alt: -25.94°   Az: 314.82°   Direction: North-West

HR2474 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2474 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR2474 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 HR2474 star
DSS2 image of HR2474. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2474 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 44m 25s
+03° 00’ 24”
09h 21m 11s
16h 05m 37s

J2000

06h 43m 06s
+03° 01’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

209.28°
-0.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2474.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Hypergiant

-0.83
K0
4000K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2474 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2474. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2474 is distant 827.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

253.81
827.41
31 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO114312
SAO114312

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2474 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.0°
Max altitude: 41.5°
Azimuth: 273.0°