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HR2699

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:28 | Tran: 16:00 | Set: 20:33
Alt: -54.76°   Az: 3.28°   Direction: North

HR2699 is a double bright giant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2699 visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its faintness, HR2699 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 HR2699 star
DSS2 image of HR2699. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2699 during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 10m 41s
-16° 16’ 38”
12h 07m 52s
19h 18m 34s

J2000

07h 09m 33s
-16° 14’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

229.42°
-3.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2699.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.03
Bright giant

-23.97
B1II
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2699 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2699. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2699 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2699 double sysyem:

6.03
11.33
5.3
32.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2699 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
6 km/s
-0.022 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO152477
SAO152477

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2699 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.3°
Max altitude: 22.2°
Azimuth: 253.7°