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HR2617

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 33.69°   Az: 349.63°   Direction: South

HR2617 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR2617 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, HR2617 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 HR2617 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 08m 43s
+70° 41’ 27”
10h 12m 19s
17h 21m 02s

J2000

07h 05m 51s
+70° 43’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

144.56°
26.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2617.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.5
Hypergiant

-0.57
K0III
10125K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

259.74
846.75
20 km/s
0.037 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO6074
SAO6074

Visibility from Your Location

HR2617 is circumpolar and transits at 13:04 UTC (altitude: 70.8°)