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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR2495

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:21 | Tran: 16:08 | Set: 19:54
Alt: 13.27°   Az: 162.52°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2495 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2495 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR2495 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 HR2495 star
DSS2 image of HR2495. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2495 during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 46m 26s
-23° 29’ 24”
22h 45m 39s
05h 32m 05s

J2000

06h 45m 23s
-23° 27’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

233.46°
-11.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2495.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.05
Hypergiant

0.16
K0
4309K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2495 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2495. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2495 is distant 491.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

150.83
491.70
34 km/s
-0.038 arcsec/y
0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO172273
SAO172273

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2495 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.5°
Max altitude: 15.0°
Azimuth: 246.5°