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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 13:02 
Sunset: 21:19
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HR2721

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 45.54°   Az: 293.69°   Direction: South

HR2721 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Lynx.

HR2721 visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, HR2721 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 HR2721 star
DSS2 image of HR2721. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2721 during the next 1000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 17m 43s
+47° 11’ 36”
04h 42m 53s
12h 00m 36s

J2000

07h 15m 50s
+47° 14’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

170.34°
23.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2721.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.58
Hypergiant

4.45
G0V
6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2721 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2721. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2721 is distant 54.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 85 kilometers per second.

16.86
54.97
85 km/s
0.03 arcsec/y
-0.183"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO41644
SAO41644

Visibility from Your Location

HR2721 is circumpolar and transits at 13:13 UTC (altitude: 85.7°)