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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR2883

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:34 | Tran: 16:46 | Set: 21:59
Alt: 29.03°   Az: 190.77°   Direction: South

HR2883 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR2883 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR2883 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.

Image of HR2883 star
DSS2 image of HR2883. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2883 during the next 1000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.62 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 33m 18s
-08° 56’ 11”
00h 38m 05s
08h 11m 24s

J2000

07h 32m 05s
-08° 52’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

225.5°
4.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2883.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Main-sequence

3.52
F5V
6213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2883 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2883. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2883 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2883 double sysyem:

5.9
8.6
2.7
23.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2883 is distant 97.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 55 kilometers per second.

29.94
97.60
55 km/s
-0.09 arcsec/y
-0.157"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO134806
SAO134806
NN 3449 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2883 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.9°
Max altitude: 29.6°
Azimuth: 261.1°