HR2611

Altitude: -59.6° Azimuth: 47.5° Direction: North-East

HR2611 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2611 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2611 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2611:

Color of HR2611 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2611 6.23

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2611 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -59.6°
Azimuth: 47.5°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2611

HR2611 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2611 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 57m 42s

Declination J2000 -27° 32’ 15”

Galactic Longitude 238.42°

Galactic Latitude -10.91°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2611 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2611.

Visibility of HR2611 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR2611 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.5° RISE 23:11

Max altitude: 11.0° TRANSIT 2:30

Azimuth: 242.5° SET 5:45

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2611

The image below is a photograph of HR2611 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2611 is -0.034 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2611. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2611 during the next 10000 years (-5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2611 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2611 is distant 1,018.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 312.50 pc

Distance (light year) 1,018.75 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 24 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.034 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2611

HR2611 belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -1.24

Spectral Type B2V

Color Index (B-V) -0.14

Temperature of HR2611 12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2611 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2611. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2611

Henry Draper Catalogue HD51823

SAO Catalogue SAO172650

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33492

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-27 3460

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