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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:10 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:18
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HR2340

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:14 | Tran: 20:37 | Set: 4:04
Alt: -18.93°   Az: 334.83°   Direction: North-North-West

HR2340 is a star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2340 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, HR2340 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 HR2340 star
DSS2 image of HR2340. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2340 during the next 1000 years (-1.58 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.78 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 29m 54s
+16° 13’ 14”
10h 20m 54s
16h 50m 49s

J2000

06h 28m 27s
+16° 14’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

195.9°
2.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2340.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.23

2.18
G5
4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2340 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2340. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2340 is distant 210.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

64.56
210.46
41 km/s
-0.095 arcsec/y
-0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO95719
SAO95719

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2340 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.8°
Max altitude: 54.7°
Azimuth: 286.2°