HR2403

Altitude: -36.9° Azimuth: 283.0° Direction: West-North-West

HR2403 is a star in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2403 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2403 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2403:

Color of HR2403 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2403 6.4

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2403 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -36.9°
Azimuth: 283.0°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2403

HR2403 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2403 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 33m 26s

Declination J2000 -20° 55’ 26”

Galactic Longitude 229.92°

Galactic Latitude -13.18°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2403 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2403.

Visibility of HR2403 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 110.9° RISE 10:18

Max altitude: 17.6° TRANSIT 14:22

Azimuth: 249.1° SET 18:26

RIGHT NOW HR2403 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2403

The image below is a photograph of HR2403 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2403 is -0.03 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.026 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR2403 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 112.99 pc

Distance (light year) 368.36 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.03 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.026 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2403

HR2403 belongs to spectral class G5

Absolute magnitude 1.13

Spectral Type G5

Color Index (B-V) 0.83

Temperature of HR2403 5192K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR2403

Henry Draper Catalogue HD46602

SAO Catalogue SAO171940

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP31266

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 1437

In Evidence

Other stars in Canis Major