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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR2597

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:05 | Tran: 16:04 | Set: 23:03
Alt: 14.95°   Az: 89.63°   Direction: East

HR2597 is a supergiant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2597 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR2597 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 HR2597 star
DSS2 image of HR2597. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2597 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 58m 50s
+11° 52’ 19”
18h 36m 39s
01h 35m 29s

J2000

06h 57m 25s
+11° 54’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

202.96°
6.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2597.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.27
Supergiant

-5.24
F2I
7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2597 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2597. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2597 is distant 6,520.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

2,000.00
6,520.00
9 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO96314
SAO96314

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2597 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.1°
Max altitude: 50.4°
Azimuth: 281.9°