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Sunset: 17:03
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HR2838

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:31 | Tran: 22:06 | Set: 3:45
Alt: -31.46°   Az: 308.17°   Direction: North-West

HR2838 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2838 visual magnitude is 6.76. Because of its faintness, HR2838 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2838 star
DSS2 image of HR2838. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2838 during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 27m 18s
-04° 35’ 20”
09h 10m 52s
16h 38m 10s

J2000

07h 26m 03s
-04° 32’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

220.95°
5.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2838.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.76
Hypergiant

0.73
A0IV
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2838 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2838. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2838 is distant 524.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

161.03
524.96
-2 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO134658
SAO134658

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2838 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.6°
Max altitude: 33.9°
Azimuth: 265.4°