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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:56 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:58
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HR2226

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:02 | Tran: 15:00 | Set: 17:59
Alt: -51.68°   Az: 71.46°   Direction: East-North-East

HR2226 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2226 visual magnitude is 6.54. Because of its faintness, HR2226 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2226 star
DSS2 image of HR2226. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2226 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 14m 32s
-29° 24’ 17”
14h 49m 46s
21h 04m 18s

J2000

06h 13m 33s
-29° 23’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

236.31°
-20.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2226.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.54
Main-sequence

-0.32
B7V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2226 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2226. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2226 is distant 767.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

235.29
767.06
18 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO171425
SAO171425

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2226 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.4°
Max altitude: 9.1°
Azimuth: 240.6°