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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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HR2448

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:20 | Tran: 15:49 | Set: 20:18
Alt: -47.17°   Az: 48.03°   Direction: North-East

HR2448 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2448 visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its faintness, HR2448 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 HR2448 star
DSS2 image of HR2448. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2448 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 39m 43s
-16° 53’ 51”
14h 07m 32s
20h 47m 15s

J2000

06h 38m 35s
-16° 52’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

226.69°
-10.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2448.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.03
Main-sequence

0.28
A1V
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2448 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2448. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2448 is distant 460.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

141.24
460.45
10 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO151737
SAO151737

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2448 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.9°
Max altitude: 21.6°
Azimuth: 253.1°