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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR2724

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:56 | Tran: 16:11 | Set: 19:26
Alt: -10.42°   Az: 121.55°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2724 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2724 visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its faintness, HR2724 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2724 star
DSS2 image of HR2724. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2724 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 13m 25s
-27° 31’ 06”
19h 16m 20s
02h 29m 45s

J2000

07h 12m 24s
-27° 28’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

239.8°
-7.95°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2724.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.59
Sub-giant

-0.42
A5IV
8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2724 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2724. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2724 is distant 821.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

251.89
821.16
-8 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO173200
SAO173200

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2724 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.5°
Max altitude: 11.0°
Azimuth: 242.5°