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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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HR2440

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:48 | Tran: 15:33 | Set: 21:18
Alt: 24.97°   Az: 131.64°   Direction: South-East

HR2440 is a star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2440 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR2440 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 HR2440 star
DSS2 image of HR2440. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2440 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 39m 37s
-02° 34’ 03”
21h 09m 12s
03h 48m 49s

J2000

06h 38m 20s
-02° 32’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

213.71°
-4.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2440.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.14

-0.63
K2
3824K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2440 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2440. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2440 is distant 737.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

226.24
737.56
27 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO133511
SAO133511

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2440 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.6°
Max altitude: 36.0°
Azimuth: 267.4°