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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR2720

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:50 | Tran: 16:34 | Set: 19:19
Alt: -14.16°   Az: 122.18°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2720 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2720 visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its faintness, HR2720 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 HR2720 star
DSS2 image of HR2720. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2720 during the next 10000 years (-6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 13m 02s
-30° 51’ 56”
19h 08m 11s
02h 21m 14s

J2000

07h 12m 04s
-30° 49’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

242.8°
-9.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2720.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.1
Main-sequence

2.71
A8V
7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2720 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2720. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2720 is distant 155.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

47.57
155.09
6 km/s
-0.039 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO197686
SAO197686

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2720 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.9°
Max altitude: 7.7°
Azimuth: 239.1°