HR2604

Altitude: -65.9° Azimuth: 302.3° Direction: West-North-West

HR2604 is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2604 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2604 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 HR2604:

Color of HR2604 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2604 6.29

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2604 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -65.9°
Azimuth: 302.3°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2604

HR2604 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 HR2604 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 56m 45s

Declination J2000 -35° 20’ 30”

Galactic Longitude 245.63°

Galactic Latitude -14.29°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2604 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2604.

Visibility of HR2604 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 HR2604 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: 125.3° RISE 13:14

Max altitude: 3.2° TRANSIT 15:01

Azimuth: 234.7° SET 16:49

RIGHT NOW HR2604 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2604

The image below is a photograph of HR2604 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 HR2604 is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2604. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2604 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2604 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2604 is distant 644.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 197.63 pc

Distance (light year) 644.27 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2604

HR2604 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.19

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.29

Temperature of HR2604 4139K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2604 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2604. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2604

Henry Draper Catalogue HD51682

SAO Catalogue SAO197388

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33394

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 3225

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis