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HR2623

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:09 | Tran: 21:08 | Set: 1:11
Alt: 16.86°   Az: 181.87°   Direction: South

HR2623 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2623 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, HR2623 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 HR2623 star
DSS2 image of HR2623. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2623 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 00m 43s
-21° 38’ 22”
00h 07m 40s
07h 08m 24s

J2000

06h 59m 39s
-21° 36’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

233.19°
-7.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2623.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.26
Sub-giant

-1.90
B2IV
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2623 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2623. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2623 is distant 1,399.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

429.18
1,399.14
33 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO172700
SAO172700

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2623 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.6°
Max altitude: 16.9°
Azimuth: 248.4°