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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:30 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 16:58
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HR2669

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:13 | Tran: 21:59 | Set: 6:49
Alt: 15.04°   Az: 63.48°   Direction: East-North-East

HR2669 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2669 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its faintness, HR2669 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 HR2669 star
DSS2 image of HR2669. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2669 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 08m 59s
+28° 08’ 10”
17h 14m 01s
00h 23m 01s

J2000

07h 07m 24s
+28° 10’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

188.89°
15.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2669.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.48
Main-sequence

0.35
B9V
11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2669 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2669. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2669 is distant 548.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

168.35
548.82
-16 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO79066
SAO79066

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2669 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.9°
Max altitude: 66.7°
Azimuth: 298.1°