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HR2778

Altitude: -5.5°   Azimuth: 78.6°   Direction: East-North-East

HR2778 is a giant star in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR2778 visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2778 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 HR2778:

5.89
Giant

HR2778 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -5.5°
Azimuth: 78.6°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2778

HR2778 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2778 are provided in the following table:

07h 19m 22s
+02° 44’ 26”
213.67°
7.46°
Canis Minor

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2778 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2778 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2778.

Visibility of HR2778 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 HR2778 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: 87.3°
Max altitude: 41.3°
Azimuth: 272.7°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2778

The image below is a photograph of HR2778 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 HR2778 is 0 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.013 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2778 star
DSS2 image of HR2778. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2778 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2778 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2778 is distant 519.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

159.49 pc
519.94 ly
24 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2778

HR2778 belongs to spectral class G9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.12
G9III
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2778 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2778. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2778

SAO115263
SAO115263