HR2881

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:05 | Tran: 8:48 | Set: 11:31

Alt: -48.69° Az: 280.15° Direction: West

HR2881 is a supergiant star of spectral class G3 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2881 visual magnitude is 4.65. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2881 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.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 31m 40s

Declination -31° 00’ 55”

Hour Angle 08h 42m 47s

Sideral Time 16h 14m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 30m 42s

Declination -30° 57’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 244.76°

Galactic Latitude -6°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2881.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.65

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -4.00

Spectral Type G3I

Color Index (B-V) 0.93

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 1,752.69

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.021 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD59890

SAO Catalogue SAO198064

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP36514

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-30 4620

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2881 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.0° RISE 6:05

Max altitude: 7.5° TRANSIT 8:48

Azimuth: 239.0° SET 11:31

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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