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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR2840

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:51 | Tran: 16:45 | Set: 23:39
Alt: -24.36°   Az: 25.33°   Direction: North-North-East

HR2840 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR2840 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, HR2840 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 HR2840 star
DSS2 image of HR2840. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2840 during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 28m 05s
+10° 57’ 23”
13h 33m 32s
21h 01m 38s

J2000

07h 26m 41s
+11° 00’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

206.97°
12.76°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2840.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.41
Sub-giant

-1.53
B6IV
12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2840 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2840. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2840 is distant 1,263.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

387.60
1,263.57
29 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO96901
SAO96901

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2840 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.0°
Max altitude: 49.5°
Azimuth: 281.0°