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HR2523

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -78.35°   Az: 263.56°   Direction: West

HR2523 is a bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Carina.

HR2523 visual magnitude is 5.4. Because of its faintness, HR2523 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 HR2523 star
DSS2 image of HR2523. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2523 during the next 1000 years (-0.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.62 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 47m 29s
-51° 17’ 39”
10h 45m 06s
17h 32m 35s

J2000

06h 46m 52s
-51° 15’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

260.67°
-21.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2523.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.4
Bright giant

-1.82
K1II
4051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2523 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2523. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2523 is distant 905.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

277.78
905.56
-5 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.097"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO234705
SAO234705

Visibility from Your Location

HR2523 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK