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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR2823

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:12 | Tran: 16:42 | Set: 19:11
Alt: -56.31°   Az: 70.14°   Direction: East-North-East

HR2823 is a giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2823 visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its faintness, HR2823 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 HR2823 star
DSS2 image of HR2823. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2823 during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 24m 29s
-32° 15’ 10”
14h 32m 21s
21h 56m 51s

J2000

07h 23m 31s
-32° 12’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

245.16°
-7.93°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2823.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.39
Giant

-2.36
B3III
13121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2823 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2823. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2823 is distant 1,156.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

354.61
1,156.03
21 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO197938
SAO197938

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2823 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.3°
Max altitude: 6.3°
Azimuth: 237.7°