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.

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

Right Ascension 06h 46m 26s

Declination -23° 29’ 24”

Hour Angle 22h 45m 39s

Sidereal Time 05h 32m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 45m 23s

Declination -23° 27’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 233.46°

Galactic Latitude -11.72°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.05

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.16

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.2

Temperature 4309K

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

Distance (parsec) 150.83

Distance (light year) 491.70

Radial Speed 34 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.038 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD49001

SAO Catalogue SAO172273

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP32368

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-23 4325

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° RISE 12:21

Max altitude: 15.0° TRANSIT 16:08

Azimuth: 246.5° SET 19:54

Set Location

Other stars in Canis Major