HR2881

Altitude: 7.6° Azimuth: 179.4° Direction: South

HR2881 is a supergiant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2881 visual magnitude is 4.65. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2881 should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2881:

Color of HR2881 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2881 4.65

Class Supergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2881 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 7.6°
Azimuth: 179.4°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2881

HR2881 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 HR2881 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 30m 42s

Declination J2000 -30° 57’ 43”

Galactic Longitude 244.76°

Galactic Latitude -6°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2881 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2881.

Visibility of HR2881 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 HR2881 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: 121.0° RISE 23:48

Max altitude: 7.6° TRANSIT 2:36

Azimuth: 239.0° SET 5:19

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2881

The image below is a photograph of HR2881 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 HR2881 is -0.021 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2881. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2881 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2881 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2881 is distant 1,752.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 537.63 pc

Distance (light year) 1,752.69 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.021 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2881

HR2881 belongs to spectral class G3 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -4.00

Spectral Type G3I

Color Index (B-V) 0.93

Temperature of HR2881 4917K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2881 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2881. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2881

Henry Draper Catalogue HD59890

SAO Catalogue SAO198064

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP36514

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-30 4620

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