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HR2874

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:18 | Tran: 4:07 | Set: 7:57
Alt: 14.60°   Az: 192.11°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2874 is a double supergiant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2874 visual magnitude is 4.85. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2874 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR2874 star
DSS2 image of HR2874. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2874 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 30m 54s
-23° 04’ 39”
00h 50m 58s
08h 21m 53s

J2000

07h 29m 51s
-23° 01’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

237.67°
-2.39°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2874 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2874.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.85
Supergiant

-5.13
A5I
7938K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2874 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2874. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2874 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2874 double sysyem:

4.85
10.75
5.9
3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2874 is distant 3,227.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

990.10
3,227.72
37 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO173864
SAO173864

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2874 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.1°
Max altitude: 15.4°
Azimuth: 246.9°