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HR2479

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:27 | Tran: 20:44 | Set: 3:06
Alt: 42.42°   Az: 179.07°   Direction: South

HR2479 is a hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2479 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR2479 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 HR2479 star
DSS2 image of HR2479. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2479 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 44m 58s
+03° 54’ 19”
23h 57m 14s
06h 42m 13s

J2000

06h 43m 38s
+03° 55’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

208.54°
0.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2479.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Hypergiant

-24.10
B0III
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2479 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2479. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2479 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
35 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO114324
SAO114324

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2479 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.1°
Max altitude: 42.4°
Azimuth: 273.9°