HR2716

Altitude: 11.2° Azimuth: 146.3° Direction: South-South-East

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

HR2716 visual magnitude is 5.84. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2716 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2716:

Color of HR2716 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2716 5.84

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2716 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 11.2°
Azimuth: 146.3°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2716

HR2716 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2716 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 11m 41s

Declination J2000 -20° 52’ 59”

Galactic Longitude 233.8°

Galactic Latitude -5.11°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2716 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2716.

Visibility of HR2716 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 110.9° RISE 22:16

Max altitude: 17.6° TRANSIT 2:25

Azimuth: 249.1° SET 6:29

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2716

The image below is a photograph of HR2716 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2716 is -0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.022 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR2716 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 149.93 pc

Distance (light year) 488.76 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.003 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.022 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2716

HR2716 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.04

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature of HR2716 10653K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR2716

Henry Draper Catalogue HD55344

SAO Catalogue SAO173168

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP34758

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 1767

FK5 Catalogue 2556

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