HR2612

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:56 | Tran: 6:40 | Set: 8:25

Alt: -25.82° Az: 244.60° Direction: West-South-West

HR2612 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2612 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, HR2612 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.

DSS2 image of HR2612. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2612 during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 58m 10s

Declination -35° 32’ 30”

Hour Angle 05h 51m 19s

Sideral Time 12h 49m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 57m 17s

Declination -35° 30’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 245.83°

Galactic Latitude -14.26°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2612.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.23

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 3.05

Spectral Type F8IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.46

Temperature 6576K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2612 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2612. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2612 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2612 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.23

Secondary star magnitude 6.43

Magnitude difference 0.2

Separation 0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2612 is distant 140.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 43.20

Distance (light year) 140.82

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.037 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD51825

SAO Catalogue SAO197402

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33451

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 3233

Gliese Catalogue Gl 255 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2612 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.5° RISE 4:56

Max altitude: 3.0° TRANSIT 6:40

Azimuth: 234.5° SET 8:25

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis