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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR2607

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:26 | Tran: 16:04 | Set: 19:42
Alt: -33.77°   Az: 88.05°   Direction: East

HR2607 is a double dwarf star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2607 visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, HR2607 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 HR2607 star
DSS2 image of HR2607. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2607 during the next 1000 years (-0.97 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.77 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 58m 36s
-24° 39’ 57”
16h 24m 21s
23h 22m 58s

J2000

06h 57m 33s
-24° 37’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

235.73°
-9.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2607.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.46
Dwarf

2.53
F0
7101K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2607 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2607. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2607 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2607 double sysyem:

5.46
6.76
1.3
1.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2607 is distant 125.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

38.55
125.67
20 km/s
-0.058 arcsec/y
0.106"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO172644
SAO172644

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2607 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.7°
Max altitude: 13.9°
Azimuth: 245.3°