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public  Huai’an, China Huai’an, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:16 
Transit: 12:07 
Sunset: 18:58
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HR2562

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:08 | Tran: 12:11 | Set: 14:14
Alt: -18.94°   Az: 211.31°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2562 is a giant star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Pictor.

HR2562 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, HR2562 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 HR2562 star
DSS2 image of HR2562. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2562 during the next 1000 years (0.15 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.82 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 50m 21s
-60° 16’ 48”
05h 30m 17s
12h 20m 38s

J2000

06h 50m 01s
-60° 14’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

270.18°
-23.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2562.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
Giant

3.51
F7III
6576K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2562 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2562. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2562 is distant 108.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

33.16
108.09
23 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
0.109"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO249654
SAO249654

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2562 rise, transit and set times from Huai’an, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 150.3°
Max altitude: 3.6°
Azimuth: 209.7°