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HR2922

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:13 | Tran: 4:21 | Set: 7:28
Alt: -40.33°   Az: 86.34°   Direction: East

HR2922 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2922 visual magnitude is 4.64. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2922 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 HR2922 star
DSS2 image of HR2922. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2922 during the next 10000 years (-12.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 36m 22s
-28° 25’ 32”
15h 59m 33s
23h 35m 56s

J2000

07h 35m 22s
-28° 22’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

242.96°
-3.87°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2922 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2922.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.64
Main-sequence

0.45
B8V
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2922 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2922. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2922 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2922 double sysyem:

4.64
9.14
4.5
38.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2922 is distant 224.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

68.97
224.83
3 km/s
-0.074 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO174058
SAO174058

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2922 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.4°
Max altitude: 10.1°
Azimuth: 241.6°