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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR2662

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -41.58°   Az: 208.96°   Direction: South-West

HR2662 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Volans.

HR2662 visual magnitude is 5.17. Because of its faintness, HR2662 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 HR2662 star
DSS2 image of HR2662. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2662 during the next 1000 years (-0.55 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.02 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 59m 47s
-67° 57’ 09”
04h 58m 58s
11h 58m 45s

J2000

06h 59m 50s
-67° 54’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

278.61°
-24.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2662.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.17
Giant

0.43
K3III
3950K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2662 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2662. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2662 is distant 289.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

88.81
289.52
39 km/s
-0.033 arcsec/y
0.241"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO249704
SAO249704

Visibility from Your Location

HR2662 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK