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public  Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Tokyo
Sunrise: 4:55 
Transit: 12:05 
Sunset: 19:16
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HR2961

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:07 | Tran: 12:56 | Set: 16:44
Alt: 8.18°   Az: 148.86°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2961 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2961 visual magnitude is 4.84. Because of its moderate brightness, HR2961 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 HR2961 star
DSS2 image of HR2961. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2961 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 40m 21s
-38° 22’ 05”
21h 16m 56s
04h 57m 17s

J2000

07h 39m 27s
-38° 18’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

252.14°
-7.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2961.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.84
Main-sequence

-1.39
B2V
13348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2961 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2961. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2961 is distant 573.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

176.06
573.94
26 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198253
SAO198253

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2961 rise, transit and set times from Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Tokyo):

Azimuth: 128.4°
Max altitude: 17.4°
Azimuth: 231.6°