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HR2502

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:03 | Tran: 16:09 | Set: 21:15
Alt: -3.88°   Az: 258.58°   Direction: West-South-West

HR2502 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2502 visual magnitude is 5.66. Because of its faintness, HR2502 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 HR2502 star
DSS2 image of HR2502. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2502 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 47m 51s
-10° 08’ 10”
05h 33m 45s
12h 21m 36s

J2000

06h 46m 38s
-10° 06’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

221.42°
-5.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2502.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.66
Main-sequence

-0.42
B9V
10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2502 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2502. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2502 is distant 535.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

164.20
535.30
17 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO151911
SAO151911

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2502 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.1°
Max altitude: 28.4°
Azimuth: 259.9°