HR2785

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:40 | Tran: 6:54 | Set: 11:08

Alt: 13.41° Az: 147.76° Direction: South-South-East

HR2785 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2785 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR2785 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.

DSS2 image of HR2785. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2785 during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 20m 07s

Declination -19° 19’ 37”

Hour Angle 21h 46m 32s

Sideral Time 05h 06m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 19m 01s

Declination -19° 16’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 233.17°

Galactic Latitude -2.85°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2785.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.09

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -23.91

Spectral Type F0I

Color Index (B-V) 0.62

Temperature 5890K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2785 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2785. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2785 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 62 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 10,000,000.00

Distance (light year) 32,600,000.00

Radial Speed 62 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD57118

SAO Catalogue SAO152710

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP35442

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-19 1813

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2785 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.3° RISE 2:40

Max altitude: 19.2° TRANSIT 6:54

Azimuth: 250.7° SET 11:08

Set Location

Other stars in Canis Major