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HR2543

Altitude: -28.6°   Azimuth: 38.6°   Direction: North-East

HR2543 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2543 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2543 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2543:

6.38
Main-sequence

HR2543 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -28.6°
Azimuth: 38.6°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2543

HR2543 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2543 are provided in the following table:

06h 51m 39s
+03° 02’ 30”
210.25°
1.44°
Monoceros

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2543 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2543 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2543.

Visibility of HR2543 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR2543 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.0°
Max altitude: 41.6°
Azimuth: 273.0°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2543

The image below is a photograph of HR2543 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2543 is -0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.042 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2543 star
DSS2 image of HR2543. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2543 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2543 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2543 is distant 297.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

91.32 pc
297.72 ly
24 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/year
-0.042 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2543

HR2543 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

1.58
A2V
9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2543 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2543. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2543

SAO114525
SAO114525