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HR2364

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:17 | Tran: 20:45 | Set: 23:13
Alt: -28.05°   Az: 252.23°   Direction: West-South-West

HR2364 is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2364 visual magnitude is 5.74. Because of its faintness, HR2364 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 HR2364 star
DSS2 image of HR2364. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2364 during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 29m 35s
-32° 23’ 19”
06h 22m 19s
12h 51m 55s

J2000

06h 28m 39s
-32° 22’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

240.47°
-18.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2364.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.74
Main-sequence

-1.27
B4V
12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2364 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2364. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2364 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2364 double sysyem:

5.74
7.74
2
1.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2364 is distant 823.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

252.53
823.23
23 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO196861
SAO196861

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2364 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.4°
Max altitude: 6.1°
Azimuth: 237.6°