HR2576

Altitude: -39.4° Azimuth: 272.2° Direction: West

HR2576 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2576 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2576 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2576:

Color of HR2576 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2576 6.04

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2576 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -39.4°
Azimuth: 272.2°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2576

HR2576 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2576 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 53m 33s

Declination J2000 -28° 32’ 22”

Galactic Longitude 238.95°

Galactic Latitude -12.16°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2576 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2576.

Visibility of HR2576 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR2576 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.5° RISE 4:19

Max altitude: 10.0° TRANSIT 7:26

Azimuth: 241.5° SET 10:33

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2576

The image below is a photograph of HR2576 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2576 is 0.274 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.438 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2576. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2576 during the next 1000 years (4.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.30 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2576 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2576 is distant 84.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 72 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 25.79 pc

Distance (light year) 84.09 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 72 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.274 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.438 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2576

HR2576 belongs to spectral class G5 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 3.98

Spectral Type G5IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.71

Temperature of HR2576 5568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2576 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2576. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2576

Henry Draper Catalogue HD50806

SAO Catalogue SAO172524

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33094

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-28 3554

Gliese Catalogue Wo 9219

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