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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:01
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HR2822

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:55 | Tran: 22:07 | Set: 1:23
Alt: -64.90°   Az: 335.71°   Direction: North-North-West

HR2822 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2822 visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, HR2822 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 HR2822 star
DSS2 image of HR2822. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2822 during the next 10000 years (7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 24m 29s
-27° 53’ 03”
11h 14m 26s
18h 38m 56s

J2000

07h 23m 29s
-27° 50’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

241.24°
-5.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2822.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.38
Giant

-0.75
K2III
3749K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2822 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2822. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2822 is distant 548.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 48 kilometers per second.

168.35
548.82
48 km/s
0.045 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO173622
SAO173622

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2822 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.9°
Max altitude: 10.6°
Azimuth: 242.1°