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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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HR2954

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:40 | Tran: 17:05 | Set: 18:29
Alt: -36.21°   Az: 254.60°   Direction: West-South-West

HR2954 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2954 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, HR2954 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 HR2954 star
DSS2 image of HR2954. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2954 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 39m 39s
-36° 33’ 22”
06h 57m 45s
14h 37m 24s

J2000

07h 38m 43s
-36° 29’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

250.46°
-7.16°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2954.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.8
Sub-giant

-1.56
B2IV
12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2954 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2954. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2954 is distant 964.50 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

295.86
964.50
19 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198237
SAO198237

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2954 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.6°
Max altitude: 2.0°
Azimuth: 233.4°