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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:23 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:05
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HR2865

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:17 | Tran: 22:05 | Set: 3:57
Alt: -26.34°   Az: 304.10°   Direction: North-West

HR2865 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2865 visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, HR2865 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 HR2865 star
DSS2 image of HR2865. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2865 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 30m 34s
-01° 57’ 31”
08h 48m 11s
16h 18m 46s

J2000

07h 29m 18s
-01° 54’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

218.99°
7.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2865.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.59
Giant

-2.90
K5III
3794K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2865 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2865. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2865 is distant 1,630.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

500.00
1,630.00
-5 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO134740
SAO134740

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2865 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.0°
Max altitude: 36.6°
Azimuth: 268.0°