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HR2746

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -8.08°   Az: 166.66°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2746 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2746 visual magnitude is 4.89. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2746 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR2746 star
DSS2 image of HR2746. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2746 during the next 1000 years (-0.32 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.65 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 13m 59s
-45° 13’ 39”
22h 44m 17s
05h 58m 16s

J2000

07h 13m 13s
-45° 10’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

256.26°
-15.3°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2746.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.89
Hypergiant
HR2746 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

1.16
A0
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2746 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2746. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2746 is distant 181.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

55.65
181.41
4 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
-0.099"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO218546
SAO218546

Visibility from Your Location

HR2746 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK