HR2876

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:23 | Tran: 6:55 | Set: 12:26

Alt: -37.97° Az: 322.46° Direction: North-West

HR2876 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2876 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, HR2876 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.

DSS2 image of HR2876. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2876 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 32m 04s

Declination -05° 16’ 48”

Hour Angle 10h 04m 38s

Sidereal Time 17h 36m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 30m 51s

Declination -05° 13’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 222.12°

Galactic Latitude 6.32°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2876.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.24

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -5.80

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.18

Temperature 4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2876 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2876. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2876 is distant 8,358.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 2,564.10

Distance (light year) 8,358.97

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD59669

SAO Catalogue SAO134774

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP36526

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 1979

FK5 Catalogue 2582

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2876 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.3° RISE 1:23

Max altitude: 33.2° TRANSIT 6:55

Azimuth: 264.7° SET 12:26

Set Location

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