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HR2959

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:09 | Tran: 16:47 | Set: 21:25
Alt: -19.65°   Az: 269.89°   Direction: West

HR2959 is a bright giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2959 visual magnitude is 4.94. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2959 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR2959 star
DSS2 image of HR2959. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2959 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 41m 32s
-15° 19’ 25”
06h 49m 50s
14h 31m 22s

J2000

07h 40m 23s
-15° 15’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

232.09°
3.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2959.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.94
Bright giant

-1.64
K3II
3705K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2959 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2959. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2959 is distant 676.35 light years from the Sun

207.47
676.35
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO153227
SAO153227

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2959 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.3°
Max altitude: 23.2°
Azimuth: 254.7°