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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:53 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:02
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HR2307

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:24 | Tran: 14:58 | Set: 17:33
Alt: -38.33°   Az: 94.90°   Direction: East

HR2307 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2307 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR2307 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 HR2307 star
DSS2 image of HR2307. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2307 during the next 10000 years (-9.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 24m 11s
-31° 48’ 16”
16h 27m 29s
22h 51m 41s

J2000

06h 23m 14s
-31° 47’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

239.47°
-19.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2307.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Giant

1.30
G8III
5023K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2307 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2307. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2307 is distant 332.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

101.94
332.31
15 km/s
-0.056 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO196759
SAO196759

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2307 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.8°
Max altitude: 6.7°
Azimuth: 238.2°