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Sunset: 17:01
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HR2599

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:24 | Tran: 21:41 | Set: 3:01
Alt: -39.71°   Az: 318.17°   Direction: North-West

HR2599 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2599 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR2599 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 HR2599 star
DSS2 image of HR2599. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2599 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 58m 12s
-08° 12’ 49”
09h 55m 06s
16h 53m 19s

J2000

06h 57m 00s
-08° 10’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

220.85°
-2.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2599.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Hypergiant

-0.90
K0II
5815K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2599 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2599. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2599 is distant 913.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

280.11
913.17
-5 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO133937
SAO133937

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2599 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.2°
Max altitude: 30.3°
Azimuth: 261.8°