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HR2416

Altitude: -62.3°   Azimuth: 110.0°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2416 is a giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR2416 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2416 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 HR2416:

6.19
Giant

HR2416 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -62.3°
Azimuth: 110.0°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2416

HR2416 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2416 are provided in the following table:

06h 33m 26s
-52° 19’ 44”
261.18°
-23.8°
Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2416 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2416 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2416.

Visibility of HR2416 from your location

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

HR2416 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2416

The image below is a photograph of HR2416 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 HR2416 is -0.044 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.04 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2416 star
DSS2 image of HR2416. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2416 during the next 10000 years (-7.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2416 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2416 is distant 607.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

186.22 pc
607.08 ly
6 km/s
-0.044 arcsec/year
0.04 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2416

HR2416 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.16
G8III
4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2416 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2416. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2416

SAO234574
SAO234574