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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR2656

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:20 | Tran: 16:26 | Set: 21:33
Alt: 3.93°   Az: 111.73°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2656 is a giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2656 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR2656 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 HR2656 star
DSS2 image of HR2656. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2656 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 05m 09s
-10° 09’ 48”
19h 18m 45s
02h 23m 55s

J2000

07h 03m 57s
-10° 07’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

223.36°
-1.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2656.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.45
Giant

-1.51
B9III
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2656 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2656. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2656 is distant 1,273.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

390.63
1,273.44
24 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO152308
SAO152308

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2656 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.2°
Max altitude: 28.4°
Azimuth: 259.8°