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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR2397

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:15 | Tran: 15:47 | Set: 18:19
Alt: -64.06°   Az: 50.62°   Direction: North-East

HR2397 is a variable and double sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2397 visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, HR2397 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 HR2397 star
DSS2 image of HR2397. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2397 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 33m 36s
-32° 03’ 03”
13h 34m 03s
20h 07m 39s

J2000

06h 32m 39s
-32° 01’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

240.46°
-17.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2397.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.69
Sub-giant

-1.36
B2IV
12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2397 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2397. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2397 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2397 double sysyem:

5.69
8.69
3
24.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2397 is distant 838.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

257.07
838.05
20 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO196919
SAO196919

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2397 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.1°
Max altitude: 6.5°
Azimuth: 237.9°