HR2741

Altitude: 6.4° Azimuth: 193.0° Direction: South-South-West

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

HR2741 visual magnitude is 6.6. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2741 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 HR2741:

Color of HR2741 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2741 6.6

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2741 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 6.4°
Azimuth: 193.0°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2741

HR2741 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 HR2741 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 13m 47s

Declination J2000 -31° 05’ 02”

Galactic Longitude 243.2°

Galactic Latitude -9.28°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2741 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2741.

Visibility of HR2741 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 HR2741 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: 121.1° RISE 23:52

Max altitude: 7.4° TRANSIT 2:38

Azimuth: 238.9° SET 5:21

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2741

The image below is a photograph of HR2741 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 HR2741 is -0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR2741 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 369.00 pc

Distance (light year) 1,202.95 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 28 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.014 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2741

HR2741 belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.24

Spectral Type B2IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.17

Temperature of HR2741 12902K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR2741

Henry Draper Catalogue HD55958

SAO Catalogue SAO197719

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP34937

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-30 4143

General Catalogue of Variable Stars GG CMa

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