HR2774

Altitude: -36.1° Azimuth: 88.9° Direction: East

HR2774 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2774 visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2774 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 HR2774:

Color of HR2774 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2774 6.46

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2774 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -36.1°
Azimuth: 88.9°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2774

HR2774 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 HR2774 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 17m 47s

Declination J2000 -26° 47’ 50”

Galactic Longitude 239.73°

Galactic Latitude -6.57°

Constellation Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2774 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2774.

Visibility of HR2774 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 HR2774 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: 116.8° RISE 4:41

Max altitude: 11.7° TRANSIT 8:02

Azimuth: 243.2° SET 11:23

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2774

The image below is a photograph of HR2774 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 HR2774 is -0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2774. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2774 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2774 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2774 is distant 920.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 282.49 pc

Distance (light year) 920.90 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2774

HR2774 belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.79

Spectral Type B2IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.15

Temperature of HR2774 12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2774 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2774. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2774

Henry Draper Catalogue HD56876

SAO Catalogue SAO173411

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP35326

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-26 4140

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