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public  Cakran, Albania Cakran, Albania  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Tirane
Sunrise: 5:16 
Transit: 12:45 
Sunset: 20:14
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HR2666

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:26 | Tran: 12:59 | Set: 15:32
Alt: -24.42°   Az: 125.86°   Direction: South-East

HR2666 is a variable star of spectral class A in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2666 visual magnitude is 5.2. Because of its faintness, HR2666 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 HR2666 star
DSS2 image of HR2666. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2666 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 12.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 04m 51s
-42° 22’ 35”
18h 10m 19s
01h 15m 11s

J2000

07h 04m 02s
-42° 20’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

252.87°
-15.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2666.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.2
HR2666 is also a so called metallic star.

0.27
A
8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2666 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2666. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2666 is distant 315.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

96.71
315.28
28 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
0.072"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO218424
SAO218424

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2666 rise, transit and set times from Cakran, Albania are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Tirane):

Azimuth: 132.4°
Max altitude: 7.0°
Azimuth: 227.6°