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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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HR2403

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:04 | Tran: 16:08 | Set: 20:11
Alt: -46.94°   Az: 300.25°   Direction: West-North-West

HR2403 is a star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2403 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR2403 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 HR2403 star
DSS2 image of HR2403. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2403 during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 34m 31s
-20° 56’ 41”
09h 23m 20s
15h 57m 52s

J2000

06h 33m 26s
-20° 55’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

229.92°
-13.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2403.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.4

1.13
G5
5192K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2403 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2403. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2403 is distant 368.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

112.99
368.36
-2 km/s
-0.03 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO171940
SAO171940

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2403 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.9°
Max altitude: 17.6°
Azimuth: 249.1°