HR2517

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:57 | Tran: 16:00 | Set: 22:03

Alt: -20.81° Az: 300.43° Direction: West-North-West

HR2517 is a bright giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2517 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR2517 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 HR2517. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2517 during the next 100000 years (11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 50m 22s

Declination +00° 58’ 17”

Hour Angle 08h 25m 06s

Sidereal Time 15h 15m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 49m 03s

Declination +01° 00’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 211.77°

Galactic Latitude -0.07°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.15

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -2.76

Spectral Type B3II

Color Index (B-V) -0.13

Temperature 12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2517 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2517. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2517 is distant 1,975.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 606.06

Distance (light year) 1,975.76

Radial Speed 23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD49567

SAO Catalogue SAO114465

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP32682

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+01 1531

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2517 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.0° RISE 9:57

Max altitude: 39.5° TRANSIT 16:00

Azimuth: 271.0° SET 22:03

Set Location

Other stars in Monoceros