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HR2668

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -64.09°   Az: 87.16°   Direction: East

HR2668 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2668 visual magnitude is 6.79. Because of its faintness, HR2668 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2668 star
DSS2 image of HR2668. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2668 during the next 1000 years (-1.82 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.18 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 04m 45s
-43° 39’ 03”
14h 28m 23s
21h 33m 09s

J2000

07h 03m 58s
-43° 36’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

254.09°
-16.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2668.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.79
Hypergiant

5.90
K0V
5281K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2668 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2668. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2668 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2668 double sysyem:

6.79
7.99
1.2
21 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2668 is distant 49.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 90 kilometers per second.

15.09
49.18
90 km/s
-0.109 arcsec/y
0.371"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO218423
SAO218423
Gl 264.1B

Visibility from Your Location

HR2668 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK