HR2617

Altitude: 32.8° Azimuth: 353.5° Direction: North

HR2617 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR2617 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2617 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 HR2617:

Color of HR2617 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2617 6.5

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2617 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 32.8°
Azimuth: 353.5°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2617

HR2617 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2617 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 05m 51s

Declination J2000 +70° 43’ 54”

Galactic Longitude 144.56°

Galactic Latitude 26.67°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2617 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2617.

Visibility of HR2617 from your location

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

HR2617 is circumpolar and transits at 13:47 UTC (altitude: 70.7°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2617

The image below is a photograph of HR2617 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 HR2617 is 0.037 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2617. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2617 during the next 10000 years (6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2617 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2617 is distant 846.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 259.74 pc

Distance (light year) 846.75 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.037 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2617

HR2617 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.57

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature of HR2617 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2617 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2617. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2617

Henry Draper Catalogue HD52030

SAO Catalogue SAO6074

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP34238

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+70 432

In Evidence

Other stars in Camelopardalis