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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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HR2902

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:22 | Tran: 17:04 | Set: 21:46
Alt: -53.03°   Az: 4.72°   Direction: North

HR2902 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2902 visual magnitude is 4.97. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2902 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR2902 star
DSS2 image of HR2902. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2902 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 34m 57s
-14° 34’ 49”
12h 11m 43s
19h 46m 41s

J2000

07h 33m 47s
-14° 31’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

230.67°
2.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2902.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.97
Supergiant

-5.10
M2I
3934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2902 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2902. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2902 is distant 3,360.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

1,030.93
3,360.82
22 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO153072
SAO153072

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2902 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.6°
Max altitude: 23.9°
Azimuth: 255.4°