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public Observing fromLocation: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
north SunriseRise: 6:54  
clear_day Transit: 12:49  
SunsetSet: 18:43 south
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HR2936

Altitude: 8.9°   Azimuth: 311.6°   Direction: North-West

HR2936 is a bright giant star in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2936 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2936 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2936:

6.17
Bright giant

HR2936 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 8.9°
Azimuth: 311.6°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2936

HR2936 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2936 are provided in the following table:

07h 39m 54s
+32° 00’ 34”
187.71°
23.58°
Gemini

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2936 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2936 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2936.

Visibility of HR2936 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR2936 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.0°
Max altitude: 70.5°
Azimuth: 302.0°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2936

The image below is a photograph of HR2936 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2936 is -0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.045 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2936 star
DSS2 image of HR2936. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2936 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2936 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2936 is distant 274.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

84.32 pc
274.87 ly
25 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/year
-0.045 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2936

HR2936 belongs to spectral class F6 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

1.54
F6II
7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2936 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2936. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2936

SAO60254
SAO60254