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public  Gerolfingen, Germany Gerolfingen, Germany  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 5:21 
Transit: 13:22 
Sunset: 21:22
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HR2688

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:54 | Tran: 13:31 | Set: 17:08
Alt: -36.00°   Az: 269.42°   Direction: West

HR2688 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2688 visual magnitude is 6.62. Because of its faintness, HR2688 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2688 star
DSS2 image of HR2688. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2688 during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 08m 02s
-26° 41’ 56”
07h 40m 24s
14h 48m 26s

J2000

07h 07m 00s
-26° 39’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

238.52°
-8.66°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.62
Sub-giant

-1.64
B2IV
12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2688 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2688. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2688 is distant 1,461.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

448.43
1,461.88
4 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO172989
SAO172989

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2688 rise, transit and set times from Gerolfingen, Germany are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 116.7°
Max altitude: 14.2°
Azimuth: 243.3°