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HR2762

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -29.80°   Az: 228.52°   Direction: South-West

HR2762 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2762 visual magnitude is 4.76. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2762 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 HR2762 star
DSS2 image of HR2762. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2762 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 15m 20s
-48° 19’ 01”
05h 11m 20s
12h 26m 40s

J2000

07h 14m 38s
-48° 16’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

259.31°
-16.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2762.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.76
Main-sequence

-0.42
B8V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2762 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2762. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2762 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2762 double sysyem:

4.76
13.36
8.6
18.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2762 is distant 354.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

108.70
354.35
39 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO218567
SAO218567

Visibility from Your Location

HR2762 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK