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HR2885

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:27 | Tran: 6:59 | Set: 8:31
Alt: 1.97°   Az: 187.15°   Direction: South

HR2885 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2885 visual magnitude is 6.68. Because of its faintness, HR2885 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2885 star
DSS2 image of HR2885. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2885 during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 32m 19s
-36° 12’ 23”
00h 35m 27s
08h 07m 47s

J2000

07h 31m 25s
-36° 09’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

249.46°
-8.29°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2885 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2885.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.68
Main-sequence

-0.59
B4V
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2885 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2885. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2885 is distant 926.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

284.09
926.14
21 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198086
SAO198086

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2885 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.2°
Max altitude: 2.3°
Azimuth: 233.8°