HR2497

Below the horizon. Rise: 13:16 | Tran: 16:03 | Set: 18:50

Alt: -43.96° Az: 85.67° Direction: 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.

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

Right Ascension 06h 46m 00s

Declination -30° 36’ 50”

Hour Angle 15h 46m 03s

Sidereal Time 22h 32m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 45m 02s

Declination -30° 35’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 240.11°

Galactic Latitude -14.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2497.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.54

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -0.73

Spectral Type B8IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.11

Temperature 11744K

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

Main star magnitude 6.54

Secondary star magnitude 10.44

Magnitude difference 3.9

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 284.90

Distance (light year) 928.77

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.026 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD49028

SAO Catalogue SAO197163

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP32339

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-30 3495

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° RISE 13:16

Max altitude: 7.9° TRANSIT 16:03

Azimuth: 239.4° SET 18:50

Set Location

Other stars in Canis Major