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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:03 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:22
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HR2728

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:08 | Tran: 4:12 | Set: 11:12
Alt: 44.71°   Az: 219.56°   Direction: South-West

HR2728 is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR2728 visual magnitude is 5.62. Because of its faintness, HR2728 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 HR2728 star
DSS2 image of HR2728. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2728 during the next 10000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 15m 55s
+12° 04’ 16”
01h 50m 17s
09h 06m 13s

J2000

07h 14m 32s
+12° 06’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

204.63°
10.56°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2728 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2728.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.62
Giant

0.59
G6III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2728 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2728. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2728 is distant 330.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

101.52
330.96
30 km/s
-0.05 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO96672
SAO96672

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2728 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.9°
Max altitude: 50.6°
Azimuth: 282.1°