HR2566

Altitude: -22.8° Azimuth: 92.2° Direction: East

HR2566 is a star in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2566 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2566 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 HR2566:

Color of HR2566 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2566 6.14

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2566 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -22.8°
Azimuth: 92.2°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2566

HR2566 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2566 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 53m 21s

Declination J2000 -18° 55’ 59”

Galactic Longitude 230.11°

Galactic Latitude -8.1°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2566 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2566.

Visibility of HR2566 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 HR2566 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: 108.9° RISE 21:22

Max altitude: 19.6° TRANSIT 1:43

Azimuth: 251.1° SET 5:59

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2566

The image below is a photograph of HR2566 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 HR2566 is -0.028 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2566. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2566 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2566 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2566 is distant 457.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 140.45 pc

Distance (light year) 457.87 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 41 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2566

HR2566 belongs to spectral class A5

Absolute magnitude 0.40

Spectral Type A5

Color Index (B-V) 0.15

Temperature of HR2566 8571K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2566 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2566. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2566

Henry Draper Catalogue HD50643

SAO Catalogue SAO152056

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33079

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-18 1594

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