HR2641

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:30 | Tran: 6:44 | Set: 8:58

Alt: -6.82° Az: 137.93° Direction: South-East

HR2641 is a bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2641 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR2641 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.

DSS2 image of HR2641. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2641 during the next 1000 years (0.32 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.52 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 01m 44s

Declination -33° 30’ 06”

Hour Angle 20h 28m 18s

Sideral Time 03h 30m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 00m 49s

Declination -33° 27’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 244.21°

Galactic Latitude -12.77°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2641.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.4

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude 0.86

Spectral Type G8II

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2641 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2641. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2641 is distant 417.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 128.21

Distance (light year) 417.95

Radial Speed 28 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.091"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD52703

SAO Catalogue SAO197475

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33774

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-33 3415

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2641 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.5° RISE 4:30

Max altitude: 5.0° TRANSIT 6:44

Azimuth: 236.5° SET 8:58

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis