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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR2801

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:30 | Tran: 16:29 | Set: 22:27
Alt: -22.69°   Az: 301.94°   Direction: West-North-West

HR2801 is a giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR2801 visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, HR2801 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 HR2801 star
DSS2 image of HR2801. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2801 during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 23m 21s
+00° 07’ 38”
08h 33m 53s
15h 57m 15s

J2000

07h 22m 03s
+00° 10’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

216.28°
6.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2801.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.99
Giant

-5.08
B8III
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2801 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2801. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2801 is distant 5,344.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

1,639.34
5,344.26
-10 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO115335
SAO115335

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2801 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.9°
Max altitude: 38.6°
Azimuth: 270.1°