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HR2908

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -9.64°   Az: 205.80°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2908 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2908 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR2908 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2908 star
DSS2 image of HR2908. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2908 during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 34m 01s
-43° 08’ 28”
02h 24m 03s
09h 58m 04s

J2000

07h 33m 13s
-43° 05’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

255.87°
-11.16°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2908 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2908.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.52
Giant

0.56
G8III
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2908 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2908. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2908 is distant 507.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 48 kilometers per second.

155.76
507.79
-48 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO218792
SAO218792

Visibility from Your Location

HR2908 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK