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HR2716

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:42 | Tran: 16:46 | Set: 20:49
Alt: 0.80°   Az: 233.76°   Direction: South-West

HR2716 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2716 visual magnitude is 5.84. Because of its faintness, HR2716 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 HR2716 star
DSS2 image of HR2716. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2716 during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 12m 47s
-20° 55’ 36”
03h 58m 48s
11h 11m 35s

J2000

07h 11m 41s
-20° 52’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

233.8°
-5.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2716.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.84
Hypergiant

-0.04
A0V
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2716 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2716. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2716 is distant 488.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

149.93
488.76
18 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO173168
SAO173168

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2716 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.9°
Max altitude: 17.6°
Azimuth: 249.1°