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HR2759

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -8.13°   Az: 206.55°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2759 is a giant star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Puppis.

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

Image of HR2759 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 15m 45s
-41° 28’ 13”
02h 24m 45s
09h 40m 30s

J2000

07h 14m 57s
-41° 25’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

252.84°
-13.49°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2759 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2759.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Giant

-0.20
B4III
12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2759 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

169.20
551.61
21 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO218568
SAO218568

Visibility from Your Location

HR2759 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK