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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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HR2904

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:14 | Tran: 16:26 | Set: 22:37
Alt: -13.85°   Az: 292.75°   Direction: West-North-West

HR2904 is a variable giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR2904 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its faintness, HR2904 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2904 star
DSS2 image of HR2904. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2904 during the next 10000 years (-7.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 36m 05s
+02° 40’ 04”
07h 45m 17s
15h 21m 22s

J2000

07h 34m 45s
+02° 43’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

215.46°
10.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2904.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.55
Giant

0.77
A7III
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2904 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2904. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2904 is distant 467.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 46 kilometers per second.

143.27
467.05
46 km/s
-0.043 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO115653
SAO115653

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2904 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.3°
Max altitude: 41.2°
Azimuth: 272.7°