HR2685

HR2685 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2685 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2685 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 HR2685:

Color of HR2685 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2685 6.11

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR2685 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2685

HR2685 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 HR2685 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 06m 02s

Declination J2000 -38° 22’ 58”

Galactic Longitude 249.27°

Galactic Latitude -13.81°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2685 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2685.

Visibility of HR2685 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 HR2685 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: 128.4° RISE 15:19

Max altitude: 0.1° TRANSIT 15:42

Azimuth: 231.6° SET 16:05

RIGHT NOW HR2685 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2685

The image below is a photograph of HR2685 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 HR2685 is 0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.017 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2685. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2685 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2685 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2685 is distant 659.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 202.43 pc

Distance (light year) 659.92 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.017 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2685

HR2685 belongs to spectral class G0 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.42

Spectral Type G0II

Color Index (B-V) 0.7

Temperature of HR2685 5602K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2685 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2685. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2685

Henry Draper Catalogue HD54153

SAO Catalogue SAO197572

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP34253

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-38 3163

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis