HR2599

Above the horizon. Rise: 8:33 | Tran: 13:50 | Set: 19:06

Alt: 25.45° Az: 211.56° Direction: South-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.

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

Right Ascension 06h 58m 13s

Declination -08° 12’ 51”

Hour Angle 01h 54m 05s

Sidereal Time 08h 52m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 57m 00s

Declination -08° 10’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 220.85°

Galactic Latitude -2.49°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.34

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.90

Spectral Type K0II

Color Index (B-V) 0.64

Temperature 5815K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2599 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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.

Distance (parsec) 280.11

Distance (light year) 913.17

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD51424

SAO Catalogue SAO133937

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33420

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 1642

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° RISE 8:33

Max altitude: 30.3° TRANSIT 13:50

Azimuth: 261.8° SET 19:06

Set Location

Other stars in Monoceros