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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR2955

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -62.25°   Az: 76.99°   Direction: East-North-East

HR2955 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2955 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR2955 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 HR2955 star
DSS2 image of HR2955. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2955 during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 39m 25s
-38° 50’ 25”
14h 22m 28s
22h 01m 54s

J2000

07h 38m 32s
-38° 46’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

252.47°
-8.28°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2955.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Giant

0.78
G8III
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2955 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2955. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2955 is distant 393.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

120.63
393.24
26 km/s
0.03 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198229
SAO198229

Visibility from Your Location

HR2955 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK