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public  Eustaquio Lopez, Philippines Eustaquio Lopez, Philippine...  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:33 
Transit: 11:53 
Sunset: 18:13
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HR2951

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:48 | Tran: 12:09 | Set: 18:25
Alt: 24.79°   Az: 290.44°   Direction: West-North-West

HR2951 is a star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2951 visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, HR2951 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 HR2951 star
DSS2 image of HR2951. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2951 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 42m 30s
+22° 57’ 27”
04h 29m 59s
12h 12m 29s

J2000

07h 40m 58s
+23° 01’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

196.92°
20.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2951.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.89

-2.46
K5
3677K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2951 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2951. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2951 is distant 1,523.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

467.29
1,523.36
39 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO79607
SAO79607

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2951 rise, transit and set times from Eustaquio Lopez, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 67.0°
Max altitude: 77.9°
Azimuth: 293.0°