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HR2608

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -13.60°   Az: 200.26°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2608 is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2608 visual magnitude is 4.95. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2608 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR2608 star
DSS2 image of HR2608. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2608 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 56m 55s
-48° 45’ 17”
02h 02m 47s
08h 59m 43s

J2000

06h 56m 16s
-48° 43’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

258.6°
-19.29°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2608 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2608.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.95
Giant

-2.61
M1III
3528K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2608 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2608. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2608 is distant 1,061.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

325.73
1,061.89
22 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO218324
SAO218324

Visibility from Your Location

HR2608 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK