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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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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.

Image of HR2521 star
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

06h 50m 33s
-02° 18’ 08”
08h 13m 29s
15h 04m 02s

J2000

06h 49m 16s
-02° 16’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

214.71°
-1.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2521.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.74
Giant

-0.43
B8III
11573K

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

HR 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.

171.23
558.22
10 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO133718
SAO133718

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°
Max altitude: 36.2°
Azimuth: 267.7°