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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR2900

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:55 | Tran: 16:32 | Set: 20:09
Alt: -14.28°   Az: 111.99°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2900 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2900 visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, HR2900 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 HR2900 star
DSS2 image of HR2900. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2900 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 34m 13s
-24° 46’ 01”
18h 32m 59s
02h 07m 12s

J2000

07h 33m 09s
-24° 42’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

239.51°
-2.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2900.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.85
Main-sequence

0.99
A7V
8403K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2900 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2900. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2900 is distant 305.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

93.81
305.82
15 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO173987
SAO173987

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2900 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.8°
Max altitude: 13.8°
Azimuth: 245.2°