HR2912

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:32 | Tran: 6:58 | Set: 10:24

Alt: 8.76° Az: 155.52° Direction: South-South-East

HR2912 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2912 visual magnitude is 6.65. Because of its faintness, HR2912 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR2912. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2912 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 35m 30s

Declination -26° 10’ 20”

Hour Angle 22h 11m 23s

Sidereal Time 05h 46m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 34m 28s

Declination -26° 07’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 240.89°

Galactic Latitude -2.95°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2912.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.65

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.57

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2912 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2912. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2912 is distant 337.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 103.63

Distance (light year) 337.82

Radial Speed 28 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD60629

SAO Catalogue SAO174028

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP36837

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-25 4719

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2912 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.2° RISE 3:32

Max altitude: 12.3° TRANSIT 6:58

Azimuth: 243.8° SET 10:24

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis