HR2685

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:10 | Tran: 6:29 | Set: 6:48

Alt: -63.96° Az: 287.34° Direction: West-North-West

HR2685 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2685 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, HR2685 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.

DSS2 image of HR2685. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2685 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 06m 53s

Declination -38° 25’ 20”

Hour Angle 09h 50m 39s

Sidereal Time 16h 57m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 06m 02s

Declination -38° 22’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 249.27°

Galactic Latitude -13.81°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2685.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.11

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.42

Spectral Type G0II

Color Index (B-V) 0.7

Temperature 5602K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2685 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2685. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2685 is distant 659.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 202.43

Distance (light year) 659.92

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD54153

SAO Catalogue SAO197572

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP34253

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-38 3163

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2685 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.4° RISE 6:10

Max altitude: 0.1° TRANSIT 6:29

Azimuth: 231.6° SET 6:48

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis