HR2869

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:26 | Tran: 7:15 | Set: 8:05

Alt: -42.99° Az: 259.85° Direction: West

HR2869 is a sub-giant star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2869 visual magnitude is 6.58. Because of its faintness, HR2869 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR2869. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2869 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 29m 15s

Declination -37° 51’ 44”

Hour Angle 07h 36m 52s

Sideral Time 15h 06m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 28m 22s

Declination -37° 48’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 250.66°

Galactic Latitude -9.59°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2869.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.58

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 1.45

Spectral Type A1IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.06

Temperature 9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2869 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2869. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2869 is distant 345.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 106.04

Distance (light year) 345.71

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD59466

SAO Catalogue SAO198031

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP36304

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 3601

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2869 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.9° RISE 6:26

Max altitude: 0.7° TRANSIT 7:15

Azimuth: 232.1° SET 8:05

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis