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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR2594

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -16.85°   Az: 156.45°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2594 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2594 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, HR2594 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR2594 star
DSS2 image of HR2594. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2594 during the next 1000 years (-0.82 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.63 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 54m 40s
-50° 38’ 41”
21h 31m 41s
04h 26m 21s

J2000

06h 54m 02s
-50° 36’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

260.38°
-20.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2594.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.26
Hypergiant

2.61
K0III
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2594 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2594. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2594 is distant 174.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 44 kilometers per second.

53.68
174.99
44 km/s
-0.049 arcsec/y
0.218"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO234774
SAO234774

Visibility from Your Location

HR2594 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK