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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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HR2687

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -52.99°   Az: 247.12°   Direction: West-South-West

HR2687 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2687 visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its faintness, HR2687 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 HR2687 star
DSS2 image of HR2687. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2687 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 05m 55s
-50° 24’ 00”
07h 58m 07s
15h 04m 02s

J2000

07h 05m 16s
-50° 21’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

260.76°
-18.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2687.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.46
Giant

-0.45
K3III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2687 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2687. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2687 is distant 787.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

241.55
787.44
13 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO234907
SAO234907

Visibility from Your Location

HR2687 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK