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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR2906

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:54 | Tran: 16:48 | Set: 20:43
Alt: 1.24°   Az: 230.36°   Direction: South-West

HR2906 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2906 visual magnitude is 4.45. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2906 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 HR2906 star
DSS2 image of HR2906. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2906 during the next 10000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 35m 08s
-22° 21’ 10”
03h 45m 25s
11h 20m 33s

J2000

07h 34m 03s
-22° 17’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

237.5°
-1.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2906.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.45
Sub-giant

2.40
F6IV
6344K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2906 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2906. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2906 is distant 83.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 61 kilometers per second.

25.70
83.78
61 km/s
-0.04 arcsec/y
0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO174009
SAO174009

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2906 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.4°
Max altitude: 16.2°
Azimuth: 247.6°