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HR2502

Altitude: -17.1°   Azimuth: 84.7°   Direction: East

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

HR2502 visual magnitude is 5.66. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2502 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 HR2502:

5.66
Main-sequence

HR2502 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -17.1°
Azimuth: 84.7°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2502

HR2502 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2502 are provided in the following table:

06h 46m 38s
-10° 06’ 25”
221.42°
-5.64°
Monoceros

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2502 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2502 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2502.

Visibility of HR2502 from your location

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

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

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

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2502

The image below is a photograph of HR2502 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 HR2502 is -0.017 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR2502 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
535.30 ly
17 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/year
0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2502

HR2502 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-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

Alternative designations of HR2502

SAO151911
SAO151911