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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:36  ☀️ Transit: 13:02  🌅 Sunset: 19:29

HR2584

HR2584 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2584 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2584 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 HR2584:

6.29
Hypergiant
HR2584 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2584

HR2584 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 HR2584 are provided in the following table:

06h 55m 34s
+08° 19’ 28”
205.98°
4.7°
Monoceros

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2584 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2584 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2584.

Visibility of HR2584 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR2584 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.7°
Max altitude: 46.8°
Azimuth: 278.3°
HR2584 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2584

The image below is a photograph of HR2584 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 HR2584 is -0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.017 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2584 star
DSS2 image of HR2584. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2584 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2584 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2584 is distant 334.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

102.67 pc
334.70 ly
20 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/year
0.017 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2584

HR2584 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

1.23
A0V
9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2584 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2584. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2584

SAO114626
SAO114626