HR2587

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:51 | Tran: 13:23 | Set: 13:54

Alt: -15.70° Az: 213.49° Direction: South-South-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 06h 53m 19s

Declination -54° 07’ 21”

Hour Angle 04h 20m 04s

Sidereal Time 11h 13m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 52m 46s

Declination -54° 05’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 263.86°

Galactic Latitude -21.48°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.57

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.57

Spectral Type G5I

Color Index (B-V) 1.08

Temperature 4559K

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

Distance (parsec) 423.73

Distance (light year) 1,381.36

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD51043

SAO Catalogue SAO234762

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33016

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-53 1177

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2587 rise, transit and set times from Huangnaihai, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 144.1° RISE 12:51

Max altitude: 0.3° TRANSIT 13:23

Azimuth: 215.9° SET 13:54

Name:	Huangnaihai, China
Latitude:	35° 36' 56.5" N
Longitude:	102° 0' 18.0" E
Timezone:	Asia/Shanghai

Set Location

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