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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR2566

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:44 | Tran: 16:00 | Set: 20:16
Alt: 16.03°   Az: 205.33°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2566 is a star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2566 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR2566 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 HR2566 star
DSS2 image of HR2566. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2566 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 54m 28s
-18° 57’ 58”
01h 43m 05s
08h 37m 33s

J2000

06h 53m 21s
-18° 55’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

230.11°
-8.1°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2566.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.14

0.40
A5
8571K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2566 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2566. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2566 is distant 457.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

140.45
457.87
41 km/s
-0.028 arcsec/y
0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO152056
SAO152056

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2566 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.0°
Max altitude: 19.6°
Azimuth: 251.0°