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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR2788

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:19 | Tran: 15:51 | Set: 20:22
Alt: 21.08°   Az: 166.22°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2788 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2788 visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its faintness, HR2788 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 HR2788 star
DSS2 image of HR2788. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2788 during the next 1000 years (2.62 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.20 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 20m 36s
-16° 26’ 36”
23h 06m 24s
06h 27m 01s

J2000

07h 19m 28s
-16° 23’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

230.67°
-1.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2788.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.7
Main-sequence

2.48
F1V
7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2788 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2788. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2788 is distant 143.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

44.03
143.55
-39 km/s
0.157 arcsec/y
-0.132"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO152724
SAO152724

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2788 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.4°
Max altitude: 22.1°
Azimuth: 253.6°