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HR2824

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:36 | Tran: 7:27 | Set: 10:17
Alt: -8.71°   Az: 231.22°   Direction: South-West

HR2824 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Canis Major.

HR2824 visual magnitude is 6.6. Because of its faintness, HR2824 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2824 star
DSS2 image of HR2824. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2824 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 24m 52s
-30° 15’ 59”
04h 12m 37s
11h 37m 29s

J2000

07h 23m 54s
-30° 13’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

243.41°
-6.94°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2824 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2824.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.6
Sub-giant

-2.43
B2IV
13585K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2824 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2824. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2824 is distant 2,089.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

641.03
2,089.74
7 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO197944
SAO197944

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2824 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.3°
Max altitude: 8.3°
Azimuth: 239.7°