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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR2311

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:56 | Tran: 15:27 | Set: 18:57
Alt: 3.79°   Az: 218.89°   Direction: South-West

HR2311 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2311 visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its faintness, HR2311 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 HR2311 star
DSS2 image of HR2311. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2311 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 24m 57s
-25° 35’ 34”
02h 56m 00s
09h 20m 57s

J2000

06h 23m 55s
-25° 34’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

233.44°
-17.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2311.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.63
Giant

-1.02
K5III
3705K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2311 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2311. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2311 is distant 696.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

213.68
696.58
34 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO171688
SAO171688

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2311 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.6°
Max altitude: 12.9°
Azimuth: 244.4°