HR2655

Altitude: 15.5° Azimuth: 239.7° Direction: West-South-West

HR2655 is a giant star in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2655 visual magnitude is 5.62. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2655 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 HR2655:

Color of HR2655 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2655 5.62

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2655 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 15.5°
Azimuth: 239.7°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2655

HR2655 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2655 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 04m 05s

Declination J2000 -05° 19’ 24”

Galactic Longitude 219.11°

Galactic Latitude 0.38°

Constellation Monoceros

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2655 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2655.

Visibility of HR2655 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 HR2655 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: 95.3° RISE 20:57

Max altitude: 33.2° TRANSIT 2:33

Azimuth: 264.7° SET 8:04

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2655

The image below is a photograph of HR2655 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 HR2655 is -0.007 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2655. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2655 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 15.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2655 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2655 is distant 1,304.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 400.00 pc

Distance (light year) 1,304.00 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 40 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2655

HR2655 belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -2.39

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.29

Temperature of HR2655 4139K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2655 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2655. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2655

Henry Draper Catalogue HD53208

SAO Catalogue SAO134133

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP34086

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 1943

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