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HR2587

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -18.53°   Az: 162.00°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2587 is a supergiant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Carina.

HR2587 visual magnitude is 6.57. Because of its faintness, HR2587 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2587 star
DSS2 image of HR2587. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2587 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 53m 19s
-54° 07’ 19”
22h 00m 02s
04h 53m 21s

J2000

06h 52m 46s
-54° 05’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

263.86°
-21.48°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2587.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.57
Supergiant

-1.57
G5I
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2587 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2587. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2587 is distant 1,381.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

423.73
1,381.36
14 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO234762
SAO234762

Visibility from Your Location

HR2587 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK