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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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HR2551

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:47 | Tran: 16:27 | Set: 23:07
Alt: -19.92°   Az: 45.32°   Direction: North-East

HR2551 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2551 visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, HR2551 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 HR2551 star
DSS2 image of HR2551. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2551 during the next 10000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 54m 12s
+08° 20’ 51”
14h 50m 01s
21h 44m 13s

J2000

06h 52m 49s
+08° 22’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

205.62°
4.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2551.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.77
Hypergiant

1.79
F0V
7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2551 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2551. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2551 is distant 204.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

62.58
204.01
27 km/s
-0.05 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO114556
SAO114556

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2551 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.7°
Max altitude: 46.9°
Azimuth: 278.3°