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public  Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Tokyo
Sunrise: 4:55 
Transit: 12:05 
Sunset: 19:16
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HR2488

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:12 | Tran: 12:00 | Set: 15:44
Alt: 12.52°   Az: 159.07°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2488 is a star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2488 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR2488 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 HR2488 star
DSS2 image of HR2488. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2488 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 44m 14s
-39° 13’ 13”
22h 13m 00s
04h 57m 14s

J2000

06h 43m 23s
-39° 11’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

248.31°
-18.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2488.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3

0.17
A8
7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2488 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2488. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2488 is distant 548.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

168.35
548.82
10 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO197134
SAO197134

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2488 rise, transit and set times from Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Tokyo):

Azimuth: 129.2°
Max altitude: 16.6°
Azimuth: 230.8°