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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:12 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:16
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HR2555

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:12 | Tran: 21:06 | Set: 4:04
Alt: 42.27°   Az: 136.81°   Direction: South-East

HR2555 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2555 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, HR2555 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 HR2555 star
DSS2 image of HR2555. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2555 during the next 1000 years (0.18 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 54m 46s
+10° 57’ 49”
21h 55m 46s
04h 50m 32s

J2000

06h 53m 22s
+10° 59’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

203.33°
5.42°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2555.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.24
Hypergiant

0.71
K0III
4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2555 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2555. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2555 is distant 416.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

127.71
416.35
-34 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.136"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO96241
SAO96241

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2555 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.0°
Max altitude: 49.5°
Azimuth: 281.0°