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HR2926

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:16 | Tran: 4:36 | Set: 12:51
Alt: 57.94°   Az: 139.54°   Direction: South-East

HR2926 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2926 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR2926 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 HR2926 star
DSS2 image of HR2926. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2926 during the next 10000 years (4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 39m 44s
+24° 18’ 08”
22h 31m 09s
06h 10m 54s

J2000

07h 38m 14s
+24° 21’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

195.34°
20.64°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2926 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2926.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.27
Hypergiant

2.91
F0
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2926 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2926. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2926 is distant 153.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

47.01
153.27
7 km/s
0.025 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO79562
SAO79562

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2926 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.7°
Max altitude: 62.8°
Azimuth: 294.3°