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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR2856

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:40 | Tran: 16:45 | Set: 18:50
Alt: -2.70°   Az: 147.58°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2856 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2856 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR2856 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 HR2856 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 27m 38s
-34° 11’ 35”
21h 18m 35s
04h 46m 14s

J2000

07h 26m 42s
-34° 08’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

247.2°
-8.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2856.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Sub-giant

-1.47
B2IV
12902K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

298.51
973.13
7 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198000
SAO198000

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 124.2°
Max altitude: 4.3°
Azimuth: 235.8°