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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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HR2433

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:14 | Tran: 16:07 | Set: 19:59
Alt: -20.24°   Az: 101.28°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2433 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2433 visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its faintness, HR2433 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 HR2433 star
DSS2 image of HR2433. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2433 during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 37m 44s
-22° 38’ 16”
17h 42m 08s
00h 19m 53s

J2000

06h 36m 40s
-22° 36’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

231.82°
-13.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2433.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.35
Main-sequence

-0.46
B5V
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2433 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2433. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2433 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2433 double sysyem:

6.35
9.95
3.6
9.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2433 is distant 751.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

230.41
751.15
34 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO172021
SAO172021

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2433 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.6°
Max altitude: 15.9°
Azimuth: 247.4°