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public  Karacadağ, Turkey Karacadağ, Turkey  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Istanbul
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:25 
Sunset: 19:45
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HR2969

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:47 | Tran: 13:24 | Set: 23:57
Alt: 74.89°   Az: 29.52°   Direction: North-North-East

HR2969 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Lynx.

HR2969 visual magnitude is 5.27. Because of its faintness, HR2969 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 HR2969 star
DSS2 image of HR2969. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2969 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 45m 59s
+50° 22’ 15”
23h 13m 32s
06h 59m 31s

J2000

07h 44m 04s
+50° 26’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

167.94°
28.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2969.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.27
Hypergiant

-1.36
A0III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2969 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2969. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2969 is distant 689.22 light years from the Sun

211.42
689.22
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO26488
SAO26488

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2969 rise, transit and set times from Karacadağ, Turkey are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Istanbul):

Azimuth: 39.6°
Max altitude: 77.4°
Azimuth: 320.4°