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HR2639

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:49 | Tran: 21:18 | Set: 2:51
Alt: -41.79°   Az: 24.94°   Direction: North-North-East

HR2639 is a variable giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2639 visual magnitude is 5.2. Because of its faintness, HR2639 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 HR2639 star
DSS2 image of HR2639. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2639 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 03m 10s
-05° 45’ 35”
13h 13m 41s
20h 16m 52s

J2000

07h 01m 56s
-05° 43’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

219.22°
-0.28°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2639.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.2
Giant

-1.40
M2III
3541K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2639 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2639. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2639 is distant 682.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

209.21
682.01
3 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO134076
SAO134076

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2639 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.8°
Max altitude: 32.8°
Azimuth: 264.2°