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HR2556

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 7.43°   Az: 355.42°   Direction: North

HR2556 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR2556 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR2556 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 HR2556 star
DSS2 image of HR2556. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2556 during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 57m 07s
+45° 47’ 31”
11h 33m 53s
18h 31m 00s

J2000

06h 55m 15s
+45° 49’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

170.67°
19.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2556.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Hypergiant

0.99
K0III
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2556 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2556. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2556 is distant 382.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

117.37
382.63
31 km/s
-0.037 arcsec/y
-0.067"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO41426
SAO41426

Visibility from Your Location

HR2556 is circumpolar and transits at 15:26 UTC (altitude: 84.3°)