HR2544

Altitude: 2.0° Azimuth: 222.0° Direction: South-West

HR2544 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2544 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2544 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 HR2544:

Color of HR2544 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2544 6.33

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2544 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 2.0°
Azimuth: 222.0°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2544

HR2544 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2544 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 50m 36s

Declination J2000 -25° 46’ 41”

Galactic Longitude 236.11°

Galactic Latitude -11.61°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2544 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2544.

Visibility of HR2544 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 HR2544 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: 115.8° RISE 11:30

Max altitude: 12.7° TRANSIT 14:59

Azimuth: 244.2° SET 18:29

RIGHT NOW HR2544 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2544

The image below is a photograph of HR2544 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 HR2544 is -0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2544. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2544 during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2544 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2544 is distant 1,202.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 369.00 pc

Distance (light year) 1,202.95 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2544

HR2544 belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -1.51

Spectral Type B2V

Color Index (B-V) -0.18

Temperature of HR2544 13121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2544 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2544. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2544

Henry Draper Catalogue HD50093

SAO Catalogue SAO172420

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP32827

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-25 3691

In Evidence

Other stars in Canis Major