HR2759

Altitude: -67.7° Azimuth: 285.2° Direction: West-North-West

HR2759 is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2759 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2759 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 HR2759:

Color of HR2759 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2759 5.94

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2759 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -67.7°
Azimuth: 285.2°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2759

HR2759 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 HR2759 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 14m 57s

Declination J2000 -41° 25’ 32”

Galactic Longitude 252.84°

Galactic Latitude -13.49°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2759 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2759.

Visibility of HR2759 from your location

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

HR2759 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2759

The image below is a photograph of HR2759 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 HR2759 is 0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.022 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2759. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2759 during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2759 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2759 is distant 551.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 169.20 pc

Distance (light year) 551.61 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.022 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2759

HR2759 belongs to spectral class B4 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.20

Spectral Type B4III

Color Index (B-V) -0.16

Temperature of HR2759 12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2759 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2759. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2759

Henry Draper Catalogue HD56410

SAO Catalogue SAO218568

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP35054

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-41 2906

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis