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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR2897

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:05 | Tran: 16:48 | Set: 21:31
Alt: -21.51°   Az: 273.78°   Direction: West

HR2897 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2897 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR2897 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 HR2897 star
DSS2 image of HR2897. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2897 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 34m 32s
-14° 23’ 40”
07h 06m 18s
14h 40m 50s

J2000

07h 33m 22s
-14° 20’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

230.45°
2.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2897.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Main-sequence

-2.12
B1V
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2897 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2897. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2897 is distant 1,509.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

462.96
1,509.26
22 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO153061
SAO153061

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2897 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.4°
Max altitude: 24.1°
Azimuth: 255.6°