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HR2499

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:49 | Tran: 21:24 | Set: 5:02
Alt: -0.99°   Az: 58.51°   Direction: East-North-East

HR2499 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2499 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR2499 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 HR2499 star
DSS2 image of HR2499. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2499 during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 48m 51s
+18° 09’ 51”
16h 15m 12s
23h 04m 04s

J2000

06h 47m 23s
+18° 11’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

196.2°
7.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2499.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
Main-sequence

0.59
A2V
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2499 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2499. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2499 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2499 double sysyem:

6.2
6.4
0.2
0.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2499 is distant 431.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

132.28
431.22
21 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO96111
SAO96111

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2499 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.8°
Max altitude: 56.7°
Azimuth: 288.2°