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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR2698

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -30.18°   Az: 222.84°   Direction: South

HR2698 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR2698 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR2698 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 HR2698 star
DSS2 image of HR2698. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2698 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 9.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 07m 49s
-52° 00’ 32”
04h 50m 53s
11h 58m 42s

J2000

07h 07m 13s
-51° 58’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

262.46°
-18.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2698.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Hypergiant

-0.23
K0III
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2698 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2698. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2698 is distant 564.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

173.01
564.01
29 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
0.057"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO234940
SAO234940

Visibility from Your Location

HR2698 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK