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HR2896

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:59 | Tran: 22:11 | Set: 7:27
Alt: -2.01°   Az: 29.62°   Direction: North-North-East

HR2896 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2896 visual magnitude is 5.33. Because of its faintness, HR2896 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 HR2896 star
DSS2 image of HR2896. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2896 during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 36m 44s
+30° 54’ 15”
14h 20m 34s
21h 57m 19s

J2000

07h 35m 08s
+30° 57’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

188.43°
22.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2896.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.33
Hypergiant

0.49
K0III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2896 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2896. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2896 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 HR2896 double sysyem:

5.33
5.73
0.4
0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2896 is distant 302.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

92.76
302.41
-6 km/s
-0.033 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO60204
SAO60204

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2896 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.1°
Max altitude: 69.4°
Azimuth: 300.9°