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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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HR2446

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:49 | Tran: 16:03 | Set: 17:18
Alt: -16.60°   Az: 230.64°   Direction: South-West

HR2446 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Columba.

HR2446 visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, HR2446 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 HR2446 star
DSS2 image of HR2446. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2446 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 38m 06s
-37° 00’ 49”
04h 32m 27s
11h 10m 34s

J2000

06h 37m 13s
-36° 59’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

245.69°
-18.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2446.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Sub-giant

-2.82
B7IV
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2446 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2446. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2446 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2446 double sysyem:

5.71
6.51
0.8
0.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2446 is distant 1,654.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

507.61
1,654.82
21 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO197014
SAO197014

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2446 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.0°
Max altitude: 1.5°
Azimuth: 233.0°