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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR2399

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:52 | Tran: 15:47 | Set: 16:41
Alt: -46.01°   Az: 96.48°   Direction: East

HR2399 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Columba.

HR2399 visual magnitude is 5.24. Because of its faintness, HR2399 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 HR2399 star
DSS2 image of HR2399. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2399 during the next 10000 years (10.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 33m 13s
-37° 43’ 00”
16h 02m 55s
22h 36m 08s

J2000

06h 32m 21s
-37° 41’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

246.04°
-19.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2399.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.24
Giant

0.63
G8III
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2399 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2399. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2399 is distant 272.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

83.68
272.80
39 km/s
0.065 arcsec/y
-0.077"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO196917
SAO196917

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2399 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.7°
Max altitude: 0.8°
Azimuth: 232.3°