HR2869

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

HR2869 visual magnitude is 6.58. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2869 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 HR2869:

Color of HR2869 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2869 6.58

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR2869 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2869

HR2869 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 HR2869 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 28m 22s

Declination J2000 -37° 48’ 37”

Galactic Longitude 250.66°

Galactic Latitude -9.59°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2869 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2869.

Visibility of HR2869 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 HR2869 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: 127.8° RISE 15:13

Max altitude: 0.7° TRANSIT 16:04

Azimuth: 232.2° SET 16:56

RIGHT NOW HR2869 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2869

The image below is a photograph of HR2869 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 HR2869 is -0.02 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.05 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR2869 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 345.71 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.05 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2869

HR2869 belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.45

Spectral Type A1IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.06

Temperature of HR2869 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

Alternative designations of HR2869

Henry Draper Catalogue HD59466

SAO Catalogue SAO198031

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP36304

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 3601

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis