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HR2497

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:16 | Tran: 8:03 | Set: 10:50
Alt: -63.62°   Az: 46.17°   Direction: North-East

HR2497 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2497 visual magnitude is 6.54. Because of its faintness, HR2497 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2497 star
DSS2 image of HR2497. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2497 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 45m 59s
-30° 36’ 47”
13h 27m 28s
20h 13m 28s

J2000

06h 45m 02s
-30° 35’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

240.11°
-14.68°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2497 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2497.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.54
Sub-giant

-0.73
B8IV
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2497 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2497. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2497 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2497 double sysyem:

6.54
10.44
3.9
4.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2497 is distant 928.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

284.90
928.77
18 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO197163
SAO197163

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2497 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.6°
Max altitude: 7.9°
Azimuth: 239.4°