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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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HR2637

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:45 | Tran: 15:51 | Set: 18:58
Alt: 9.36°   Az: 169.83°   Direction: South

HR2637 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2637 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR2637 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 HR2637 star
DSS2 image of HR2637. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2637 during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 01m 42s
-28° 31’ 36”
23h 14m 16s
06h 15m 59s

J2000

07h 00m 42s
-28° 29’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

239.58°
-10.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2637.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.27
Main-sequence

2.10
F5V
6625K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2637 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2637. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2637 is distant 222.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

68.17
222.22
10 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO172749
SAO172749

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2637 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.5°
Max altitude: 10.0°
Azimuth: 241.5°