HR2572

Altitude: 9.7° Azimuth: 255.7° Direction: West-South-West

HR2572 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2572 visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2572 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 HR2572:

Color of HR2572 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2572 5.45

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2572 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 9.7°
Azimuth: 255.7°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2572

HR2572 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 HR2572 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 54m 24s

Declination J2000 -01° 07’ 36”

Galactic Longitude 214.27°

Galactic Latitude 0.15°

Constellation Monoceros

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2572 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2572.

Visibility of HR2572 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 HR2572 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: 91.1° RISE 19:59

Max altitude: 37.4° TRANSIT 1:55

Azimuth: 268.9° SET 7:48

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2572

The image below is a photograph of HR2572 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 HR2572 is 0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2572. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2572 during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2572 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2572 is distant 484.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 148.59 pc

Distance (light year) 484.40 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2572

HR2572 belongs to spectral class A4 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.41

Spectral Type A4IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.18

Temperature of HR2572 8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2572 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2572. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2572

Henry Draper Catalogue HD50747

SAO Catalogue SAO133870

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33184

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-00 1487

FK5 Catalogue 2533

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