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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:13 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:39
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HR2942

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:28 | Tran: 17:15 | Set: 19:03
Alt: 1.01°   Az: 198.00°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2942 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2942 visual magnitude is 6.6. Because of its faintness, HR2942 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2942 star
DSS2 image of HR2942. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2942 during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 38m 40s
-35° 20’ 09”
01h 29m 00s
09h 07m 41s

J2000

07h 37m 44s
-35° 16’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

249.29°
-6.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2942.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.6
Giant

-0.12
K1III
4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2942 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2942. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2942 is distant 721.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

221.24
721.24
31 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198205
SAO198205

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2942 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.3°
Max altitude: 3.2°
Azimuth: 234.7°