HR2488

Altitude: -68.4° Azimuth: 294.7° Direction: West-North-West

HR2488 is a star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2488 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2488 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2488:

Color of HR2488 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2488 6.3

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2488 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -68.4°
Azimuth: 294.7°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2488

HR2488 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2488 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 43m 23s

Declination J2000 -39° 11’ 35”

Galactic Longitude 248.31°

Galactic Latitude -18.2°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2488 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2488.

Visibility of HR2488 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR2488 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2488

The image below is a photograph of HR2488 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2488 is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.019 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2488. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2488 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2488 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2488 is distant 548.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 168.35 pc

Distance (light year) 548.82 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.019 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2488

HR2488 belongs to spectral class A8

Absolute magnitude 0.17

Spectral Type A8

Color Index (B-V) 0.26

Temperature of HR2488 7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2488 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2488. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2488

Henry Draper Catalogue HD48797

SAO Catalogue SAO197134

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP32208

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-39 2798

FK5 Catalogue 2519

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis