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HR2468

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -79.18°   Az: 198.61°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2468 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Pictor.

HR2468 visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, HR2468 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 HR2468 star
DSS2 image of HR2468. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2468 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 14.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 38m 16s
-61° 33’ 21”
11h 31m 05s
18h 09m 22s

J2000

06h 38m 00s
-61° 31’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

271.21°
-25.19°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2468 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2468.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.18
Main-sequence

4.50
G1V
5890K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2468 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2468. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2468 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2468 double sysyem:

6.18
8.18
2
2.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2468 is distant 70.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

21.67
70.64
32 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
0.084"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO249604
SAO249604
NN 3400 A

Visibility from Your Location

HR2468 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK