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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR2786

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:55 | Tran: 16:17 | Set: 19:40
Alt: -63.33°   Az: 26.20°   Direction: North-North-East

HR2786 is a supergiant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2786 visual magnitude is 5.28. Because of its faintness, HR2786 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.

Image of HR2786 star
DSS2 image of HR2786. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2786 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 19m 53s
-26° 38’ 01”
12h 51m 14s
20h 11m 07s

J2000

07h 18m 51s
-26° 35’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

239.65°
-6.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2786.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.28
Supergiant

-2.81
G2I
4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2786 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2786. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2786 is distant 1,352.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

414.94
1,352.70
32 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO173453
SAO173453

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2786 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.6°
Max altitude: 11.9°
Azimuth: 243.4°