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HR2636

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:19 | Tran: 21:10 | Set: 3:05
Alt: -5.41°   Az: 85.41°   Direction: East

HR2636 is a double bright giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2636 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR2636 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 HR2636 star
DSS2 image of HR2636. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2636 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 03m 09s
-01° 22’ 59”
17h 32m 10s
00h 35m 20s

J2000

07h 01m 52s
-01° 20’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

215.32°
1.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2636.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Bright giant

0.60
G5II
4158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2636 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2636. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2636 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2636 double sysyem:

6.17
10.87
4.7
24.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2636 is distant 423.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

130.04
423.93
-45 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO134073
SAO134073

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2636 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.4°
Max altitude: 37.1°
Azimuth: 268.6°