HR2724

Altitude: -66.0° Azimuth: 357.5° Direction: North

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

HR2724 visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2724 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 HR2724:

Color of HR2724 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2724 6.59

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2724 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -66.0°
Azimuth: 357.5°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2724

HR2724 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2724 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 12m 24s

Declination J2000 -27° 28’ 27”

Galactic Longitude 239.8°

Galactic Latitude -7.95°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2724 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2724.

Visibility of HR2724 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 HR2724 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: 117.5° RISE 11:49

Max altitude: 11.0° TRANSIT 15:05

Azimuth: 242.5° SET 18:21

RIGHT NOW HR2724 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2724

The image below is a photograph of HR2724 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 HR2724 is -0.025 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR2724 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 251.89 pc

Distance (light year) 821.16 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.025 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2724

HR2724 belongs to spectral class A5 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.42

Spectral Type A5IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature of HR2724 8241K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR2724

Henry Draper Catalogue HD55595

SAO Catalogue SAO173200

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP34814

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-27 3761

General Catalogue of Variable Stars HN CMa

In Evidence

Other stars in Canis Major