HR2769

Altitude: -61.2° Azimuth: 282.6° Direction: West-North-West

HR2769 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2769 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2769 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 HR2769:

Color of HR2769 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2769 5.8

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2769 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -61.2°
Azimuth: 282.6°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2769

HR2769 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 HR2769 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 16m 31s

Declination J2000 -38° 19’ 08”

Galactic Longitude 250.08°

Galactic Latitude -11.91°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2769 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2769.

Visibility of HR2769 from your location

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

Today's HR2769 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.3° RISE 14:58

Max altitude: 0.2° TRANSIT 15:25

Azimuth: 231.7° SET 15:52

RIGHT NOW HR2769 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2769

The image below is a photograph of HR2769 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 HR2769 is -0.015 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2769. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2769 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2769 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2769 is distant 679.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 208.33 pc

Distance (light year) 679.17 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 45 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.015 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2769

HR2769 belongs to spectral class B4 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.79

Spectral Type B4V

Color Index (B-V) -0.13

Temperature of HR2769 12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2769 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2769. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2769

Henry Draper Catalogue HD56733

SAO Catalogue SAO197785

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP35202

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-38 3288

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis