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HR2786

Altitude: -55.0°   Azimuth: 302.7°   Direction: West-North-West

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

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

5.28
Supergiant

HR2786 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -55.0°
Azimuth: 302.7°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2786

HR2786 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 HR2786 are provided in the following table:

07h 18m 51s
-26° 35’ 08”
239.65°
-6.26°
Canis Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2786 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2786 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2786.

Visibility of HR2786 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 HR2786 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: 116.6°
Max altitude: 11.9°
Azimuth: 243.4°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2786

The image below is a photograph of HR2786 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 HR2786 is -0.017 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR2786 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
1,352.70 ly
32 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/year
0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2786

HR2786 belongs to spectral class G2 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

-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

Alternative designations of HR2786

SAO173453
SAO173453