HR2521

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:37 | Tran: 16:24 | Set: 22:10

Alt: -21.95° Az: 295.89° Direction: West-North-West

HR2521 is a giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2521 visual magnitude is 5.74. Because of its faintness, HR2521 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 HR2521. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2521 during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 50m 33s

Declination -02° 18’ 08”

Hour Angle 08h 13m 29s

Sidereal Time 15h 04m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 49m 16s

Declination -02° 16’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 214.71°

Galactic Latitude -1.52°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.74

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.43

Spectral Type B8III

Color Index (B-V) -0.1

Temperature 11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2521 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2521. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2521 is distant 558.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 171.23

Distance (light year) 558.22

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD49643

SAO Catalogue SAO133718

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP32698

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 1776

FK5 Catalogue 1179

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2521 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.3° RISE 10:37

Max altitude: 36.2° TRANSIT 16:24

Azimuth: 267.7° SET 22:10

Set Location

Other stars in Monoceros