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HR2691

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -56.72°   Az: 269.82°   Direction: West

HR2691 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2691 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, HR2691 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 HR2691 star
DSS2 image of HR2691. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2691 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 07m 55s
-40° 56’ 00”
08h 53m 41s
16h 01m 36s

J2000

07h 07m 07s
-40° 53’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

251.72°
-14.63°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2691 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2691.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79
Main-sequence

-1.27
B3V
12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2691 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2691. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2691 is distant 842.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

258.40
842.38
6 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO218465
SAO218465

Visibility from Your Location

HR2691 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK