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HR2428

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:56 | Tran: 20:45 | Set: 1:38
Alt: -31.98°   Az: 290.33°   Direction: West-North-West

HR2428 is a star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2428 visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its faintness, HR2428 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 HR2428 star
DSS2 image of HR2428. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2428 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 37m 56s
-13° 20’ 36”
08h 20m 40s
14h 58m 36s

J2000

06h 36m 46s
-13° 19’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

223.24°
-9.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2428.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.97

-0.89
K5
3705K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2428 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2428. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2428 is distant 768.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

235.85
768.87
-12 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO151700
SAO151700

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2428 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.3°
Max altitude: 25.2°
Azimuth: 256.7°