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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:17 
Transit: 11:44 
Sunset: 16:10
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HR2911

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:31 | Tran: 3:59 | Set: 5:27
Alt: -38.62°   Az: 257.53°   Direction: West-South-West

HR2911 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2911 visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its faintness, HR2911 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 HR2911 star
DSS2 image of HR2911. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2911 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 34m 45s
-36° 23’ 37”
07h 14m 23s
14h 49m 08s

J2000

07h 33m 51s
-36° 20’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

249.85°
-7.95°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2911 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2911.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.54
Main-sequence

-2.42
B3V
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2911 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2911. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2911 is distant 1,273.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

390.63
1,273.44
-9 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198130
SAO198130

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2911 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.4°
Max altitude: 2.1°
Azimuth: 233.6°