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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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HR2546

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:02 | Tran: 12:06 | Set: 15:10
Alt: 6.29°   Az: 160.43°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2546 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2546 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its faintness, HR2546 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2546 star
DSS2 image of HR2546. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2546 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 50m 42s
-45° 28’ 51”
22h 06m 35s
04h 57m 17s

J2000

06h 49m 57s
-45° 27’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

254.96°
-19.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2546.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.55
Giant

-0.22
K5III
3779K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2546 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2546. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2546 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 HR2546 double sysyem:

6.55
11.15
4.6
6.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2546 is distant 737.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

226.24
737.56
15 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
-0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO218236
SAO218236

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2546 rise, transit and set times from Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Tokyo):

Azimuth: 135.5°
Max altitude: 10.3°
Azimuth: 224.5°