HR2856

Altitude: -67.8° Azimuth: 314.1° Direction: North-West

HR2856 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2856 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2856 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2856:

Color of HR2856 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2856 5.9

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2856 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -67.8°
Azimuth: 314.1°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2856

HR2856 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2856 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 26m 42s

Declination J2000 -34° 08’ 26”

Galactic Longitude 247.2°

Galactic Latitude -8.22°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2856 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2856.

Visibility of HR2856 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR2856 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.1° RISE 13:26

Max altitude: 4.4° TRANSIT 15:31

Azimuth: 235.9° SET 17:37

RIGHT NOW HR2856 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2856

The image below is a photograph of HR2856 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2856 is -0.027 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2856. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2856 during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2856 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2856 is distant 973.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 298.51 pc

Distance (light year) 973.13 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.027 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2856

HR2856 belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.47

Spectral Type B2IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.17

Temperature of HR2856 12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2856 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2856. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2856

Henry Draper Catalogue HD59026

SAO Catalogue SAO198000

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP36143

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-33 3813

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis