HR2942

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:25 | Tran: 7:13 | Set: 9:00

Alt: -8.02° Az: 139.53° Direction: South-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 07h 38m 39s

Declination -35° 20’ 04”

Hour Angle 20h 32m 04s

Sideral Time 04h 10m 44s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 37m 44s

Declination -35° 16’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 249.29°

Galactic Latitude -6.75°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2942.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.6

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.12

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.14

Temperature 4430K

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

Distance (parsec) 221.24

Distance (light year) 721.24

Radial Speed 31 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD61409

SAO Catalogue SAO198205

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37127

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-34 3760

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° RISE 5:25

Max altitude: 3.2° TRANSIT 7:13

Azimuth: 234.7° SET 9:00

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis