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HR2306

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:17 | Tran: 20:28 | Set: 0:43
Alt: -57.81°   Az: 12.90°   Direction: North-North-East

HR2306 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2306 visual magnitude is 6.6. Because of its faintness, HR2306 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2306 star
DSS2 image of HR2306. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2306 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 24m 52s
-19° 48’ 00”
12h 29m 02s
18h 53m 55s

J2000

06h 23m 47s
-19° 47’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

227.89°
-14.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2306.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.6
Giant

-2.81
B8III
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2306 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2306. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2306 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2306 double sysyem:

6.6
6.9
0.3
0.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2306 is distant 2,488.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

763.36
2,488.55
24 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO151453
SAO151453

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2306 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.8°
Max altitude: 18.7°
Azimuth: 250.2°