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HR2940

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -11.33°   Az: 169.12°   Direction: South

HR2940 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2940 visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, HR2940 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 HR2940 star
DSS2 image of HR2940. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2940 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 37m 26s
-48° 53’ 18”
22h 54m 37s
06h 32m 04s

J2000

07h 36m 43s
-48° 49’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

261.4°
-13.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2940.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.72
Main-sequence

-0.20
B9V
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2940 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2940. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2940 is distant 496.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

152.44
496.95
-1 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO218841
SAO218841

Visibility from Your Location

HR2940 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK