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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR2531

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -45.57°   Az: 203.98°   Direction: South-West

HR2531 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Volans.

HR2531 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR2531 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 HR2531 star
DSS2 image of HR2531. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2531 during the next 1000 years (0.20 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.55 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 43m 04s
-73° 08’ 40”
05h 15m 41s
11h 58m 45s

J2000

06h 43m 36s
-73° 07’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

284.02°
-26.43°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2531.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Giant

0.82
G8III
4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2531 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2531. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2531 is distant 420.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

128.87
420.10
16 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.093"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256330
SAO256330

Visibility from Your Location

HR2531 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK