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HR2941

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -20.58°   Az: 198.32°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2941 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Carina.

HR2941 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR2941 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 HR2941 star
DSS2 image of HR2941. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2941 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 36m 33s
-55° 56’ 36”
02h 06m 47s
09h 43m 20s

J2000

07h 36m 01s
-55° 53’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

267.95°
-16.32°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR2941 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2941.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.39
Giant

0.06
K1III
4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2941 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2941. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2941 is distant 601.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

184.50
601.48
22 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO235343
SAO235343

Visibility from Your Location

HR2941 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK