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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:11 
Transit: 12:54 
Sunset: 20:39
wb_twilight   (Nautical Twilight)   What's Visible Now?

HR2758

Altitude: -2.4°   Azimuth: 247.7°   Direction: West-South-West

HR2758 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2758 visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2758 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR2758 is -0.05 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2758 star
DSS2 image of HR2758. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2758 during the next 10000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR2758

5.46
Main-sequence

HR2758 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: -2.4°
Azimuth: 247.7°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2758

HR2758 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2758 are provided in the following table:

07h 16m 14s
-15° 35’ 08”
229.59°
-1.71°
Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2758 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2758 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2758.

Visibility of HR2758 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR2758 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.6°
Max altitude: 22.9°
Azimuth: 254.4°

Distance of HR2758 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2758 is distant 276.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

84.82 pc
276.51 ly
10 km/s
-0.05 arcsec/year
-0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2758

HR2758 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.82
A2V
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2758 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2758. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2758

SAO152641
SAO152641