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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:21
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HR2895

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:57 | Tran: 21:32 | Set: 23:08
Alt: -48.39°   Az: 269.58°   Direction: West

HR2895 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2895 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR2895 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 HR2895 star
DSS2 image of HR2895. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2895 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 33m 17s
-36° 00’ 59”
08h 19m 15s
15h 52m 32s

J2000

07h 32m 22s
-35° 57’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

249.38°
-8.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2895.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Main-sequence

-0.48
B9V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2895 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2895. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2895 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2895 double sysyem:

6.3
7.5
1.2
0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2895 is distant 739.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

226.76
739.23
23 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198104
SAO198104

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2895 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.0°
Max altitude: 2.5°
Azimuth: 234.0°