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HR2862

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -89.53°   Az: 330.27°   Direction: North-North-West

HR2862 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR2862 visual magnitude is 5.1. Because of its faintness, HR2862 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 HR2862 star
DSS2 image of HR2862. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2862 during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 27m 00s
-51° 04’ 13”
11h 58m 30s
19h 25m 31s

J2000

07h 26m 21s
-51° 01’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

262.72°
-15.63°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2862.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.1
Hypergiant

-1.08
K0III
4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2862 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2862. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2862 is distant 562.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

172.41
562.07
8 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO235192
SAO235192

Visibility from Your Location

HR2862 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK