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HR2178

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -27.46°   Az: 128.96°   Direction: South-East

HR2178 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2178 visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, HR2178 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2178 star
DSS2 image of HR2178. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2178 during the next 10000 years (14.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 07m 45s
-45° 05’ 45”
18h 48m 51s
00h 56m 37s

J2000

06h 07m 01s
-45° 05’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

252.3°
-26.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2178.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Giant

1.22
K1III
4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2178 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2178. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2178 is distant 372.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 82 kilometers per second.

114.16
372.15
82 km/s
0.085 arcsec/y
0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO217724
SAO217724

Visibility from Your Location

HR2178 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK