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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:52 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 20:05
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HR2508

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:36 | Tran: 17:48 | Set: 23:01
Alt: 27.41°   Az: 200.73°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2508 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2508 visual magnitude is 5.07. Because of its faintness, HR2508 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 HR2508 star
DSS2 image of HR2508. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2508 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 48m 49s
-09° 01’ 39”
01h 14m 13s
08h 03m 02s

J2000

06h 47m 37s
-08° 59’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

220.53°
-4.93°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2508.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.07
Supergiant

-2.95
M1I
3392K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2508 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2508. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2508 is distant 1,309.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

401.61
1,309.24
24 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO133679
SAO133679

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2508 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.0°
Max altitude: 29.5°
Azimuth: 261.0°