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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR2641

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:18 | Tran: 15:32 | Set: 17:46
Alt: 4.70°   Az: 173.05°   Direction: South

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.

Image of HR2641 star
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

07h 01m 46s
-33° 30’ 09”
23h 26m 44s
06h 28m 30s

J2000

07h 00m 49s
-33° 27’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

244.21°
-12.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2641.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.4
Bright giant

0.86
G8II
4626K

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

HR 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.

128.21
417.95
28 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
0.091"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO197475
SAO197475

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°
Max altitude: 5.0°
Azimuth: 236.5°