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Sunset: 20:42
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HR2614

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:10 | Tran: 16:28 | Set: 19:46
Alt: -14.23°   Az: 243.98°   Direction: West-South-West

HR2614 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2614 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR2614 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 HR2614 star
DSS2 image of HR2614. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2614 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 59m 08s
-27° 12’ 01”
05h 13m 22s
12h 12m 31s

J2000

06h 58m 07s
-27° 09’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

238.12°
-10.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2614.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Giant

-1.88
B2III
13348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2614 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2614. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2614 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 HR2614 double sysyem:

6.37
6.77
0.4
0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2614 is distant 1,455.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

446.43
1,455.36
18 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO172656
SAO172656

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2614 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.2°
Max altitude: 11.3°
Azimuth: 242.8°