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HR2879

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:06 | Tran: 17:11 | Set: 1:20
Alt: -14.20°   Az: 343.86°   Direction: North-North-West

HR2879 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2879 visual magnitude is 6.54. Because of its faintness, HR2879 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2879 star
DSS2 image of HR2879. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2879 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 34m 21s
+22° 49’ 54”
10h 51m 59s
18h 26m 21s

J2000

07h 32m 50s
+22° 53’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

196.3°
18.95°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2879.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.54
Hypergiant

0.73
K0II
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2879 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2879. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2879 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 HR2879 double sysyem:

6.54
8.74
2.2
11.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2879 is distant 473.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

145.35
473.84
30 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO79489
SAO79489

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2879 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.2°
Max altitude: 61.4°
Azimuth: 292.8°