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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR2279

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:20 | Tran: 15:22 | Set: 17:24
Alt: -72.14°   Az: 340.10°   Direction: North-North-West

HR2279 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Columba.

HR2279 visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, HR2279 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 HR2279 star
DSS2 image of HR2279. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2279 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 20m 35s
-34° 24’ 32”
11h 30m 55s
17h 51m 31s

J2000

06h 19m 41s
-34° 23’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

241.81°
-21.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2279.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.78
Main-sequence

0.36
B9V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2279 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2279. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2279 is distant 395.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

121.36
395.63
26 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO196686
SAO196686

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2279 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.4°
Max altitude: 4.1°
Azimuth: 235.6°