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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:12 
Transit: 11:44 
Sunset: 16:15
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HR2660

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:46 | Tran: 3:44 | Set: 13:39
Alt: 37.12°   Az: 280.83°   Direction: West

HR2660 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2660 visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, HR2660 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 HR2660 star
DSS2 image of HR2660. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2660 during the next 10000 years (-9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 07m 49s
+34° 26’ 02”
04h 46m 55s
11h 54m 45s

J2000

07h 06m 11s
+34° 28’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

182.69°
17.78°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2660 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2660.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.55
Sub-giant

0.69
G8IV
4970K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2660 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2660. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2660 is distant 305.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

93.63
305.24
5 km/s
-0.055 arcsec/y
-0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO59773
SAO59773

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2660 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.6°
Max altitude: 73.0°
Azimuth: 304.4°