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HR2390

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -10.71°   Az: 146.41°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2390 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Columba.

HR2390 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR2390 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 HR2390 star
DSS2 image of HR2390. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2390 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 31m 48s
-40° 56’ 08”
20h 55m 55s
03h 27m 44s

J2000

06h 30m 59s
-40° 54’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

249.2°
-21.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2390.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

⬤
6.2
Giant

-0.06
K3III
1.4
3950K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2390 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2390. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2390 is distant 581.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 51 kilometers per second.

178.25
581.11
51 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

HD46365
SAO217986
SAO217986
HIP31056
CD-40 2512

Visibility from Your Location

HR2390 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK