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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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HR2739

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:04 | Tran: 16:09 | Set: 21:14
Alt: -47.18°   Az: 21.43°   Direction: North-North-East

HR2739 is a hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2739 visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its faintness, HR2739 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 HR2739 star
DSS2 image of HR2739. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2739 during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 15m 40s
-10° 21’ 43”
12h 58m 29s
20h 14m 09s

J2000

07h 14m 28s
-10° 19’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

224.73°
0.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2739.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.03
Hypergiant

-3.33
B0III
13121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2739 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2739. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2739 is distant 2,432.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

746.27
2,432.84
33 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO152598
SAO152598

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2739 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.4°
Max altitude: 28.2°
Azimuth: 259.6°