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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 13:02 
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HR2888

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -37.13°   Az: 209.81°   Direction: South-West

HR2888 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Volans.

HR2888 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR2888 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 HR2888 star
DSS2 image of HR2888. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2888 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 29m 03s
-64° 33’ 49”
04h 29m 25s
11h 58m 28s

J2000

07h 28m 51s
-64° 30’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

275.98°
-20.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2888.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.39
Giant

-0.21
K5III
3705K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2888 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2888. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2888 is distant 680.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

208.77
680.58
14 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO249864
SAO249864

Visibility from Your Location

HR2888 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK