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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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HR2741

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:27 | Tran: 16:08 | Set: 18:50
Alt: 6.00°   Az: 165.15°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2741 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2741 visual magnitude is 6.6. Because of its faintness, HR2741 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2741 star
DSS2 image of HR2741. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2741 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 14m 45s
-31° 07’ 44”
22h 50m 42s
06h 05m 28s

J2000

07h 13m 47s
-31° 05’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

243.2°
-9.28°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2741.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.6
Sub-giant

-1.24
B2IV
12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2741 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2741. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2741 is distant 1,202.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

369.00
1,202.95
28 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO197719
SAO197719

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2741 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.1°
Max altitude: 7.4°
Azimuth: 238.9°