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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:16 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:12
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HR2730

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:42 | Tran: 21:33 | Set: 1:29
Alt: 8.34°   Az: 144.17°   Direction: South-East

HR2730 is a variable giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2730 visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its faintness, HR2730 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 HR2730 star
DSS2 image of HR2730. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2730 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 14m 27s
-22° 43’ 03”
21h 24m 25s
04h 38m 53s

J2000

07h 13m 23s
-22° 40’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

235.58°
-5.58°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2730.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.01
Giant

-0.88
K2III
3824K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2730 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2730. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2730 is distant 779.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

239.23
779.90
-5 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO173230
SAO173230

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2730 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.7°
Max altitude: 15.8°
Azimuth: 247.3°