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HR2918

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:14 | Tran: 21:41 | Set: 4:12
Alt: 38.99°   Az: 216.11°   Direction: South-West

HR2918 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR2918 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, HR2918 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 HR2918 star
DSS2 image of HR2918. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2918 during the next 1000 years (-1.85 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.18 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 37m 55s
+05° 48’ 14”
01h 49m 40s
09h 27m 35s

J2000

07h 36m 34s
+05° 51’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

212.81°
12.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2918.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Hypergiant

2.71
G0V
5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2918 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2918. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2918 is distant 142.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

43.63
142.23
4 km/s
-0.111 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO115693
SAO115693

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2918 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.2°
Max altitude: 44.3°
Azimuth: 275.8°