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HR2348

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -9.68°   Az: 180.62°   Direction: South

HR2348 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2348 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its faintness, HR2348 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 HR2348 star
DSS2 image of HR2348. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2348 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 26m 24s
-48° 11’ 35”
00h 03m 39s
06h 30m 03s

J2000

06h 25m 43s
-48° 10’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

256.45°
-23.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2348.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.76
Main-sequence

-0.82
B9V
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2348 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2348. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2348 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2348 double sysyem:

5.76
8.26
2.5
1.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2348 is distant 674.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

207.04
674.95
6 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO217922
SAO217922

Visibility from Your Location

HR2348 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK