HR2755

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:26 | Tran: 7:11 | Set: 10:55

Alt: -26.30° Az: 95.83° Direction: East

HR2755 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2755 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR2755 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.

DSS2 image of HR2755. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2755 during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 16m 49s

Declination -23° 47’ 08”

Hour Angle 17h 08m 18s

Sideral Time 00h 25m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 15m 47s

Declination -23° 44’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 236.79°

Galactic Latitude -5.58°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2755.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.32

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.91

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2755 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2755. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2755 is distant 910.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 279.33

Distance (light year) 910.61

Radial Speed 34 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD56341

SAO Catalogue SAO173319

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP35132

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-23 5173

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2755 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.8° RISE 3:26

Max altitude: 14.7° TRANSIT 7:11

Azimuth: 246.2° SET 10:55

Set Location

Other stars in Canis Major