HR2963

Altitude: -51.5° Azimuth: 269.3° Direction: West

HR2963 is a double main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2963 visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2963 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR2963:

Color of HR2963 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2963 5.73

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2963 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -51.5°
Azimuth: 269.3°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2963

HR2963 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2963 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 39m 43s

Declination J2000 -38° 08’ 21”

Galactic Longitude 252.01°

Galactic Latitude -7.77°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2963 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2963.

Visibility of HR2963 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR2963 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.1° RISE 15:10

Max altitude: 0.4° TRANSIT 15:48

Azimuth: 231.9° SET 16:26

RIGHT NOW HR2963 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2963

The image below is a photograph of HR2963 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR2963 is -0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.011 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2963. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2963 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2963 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2963 is distant 611.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 187.62 pc

Distance (light year) 611.63 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.019 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.011 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2963

HR2963 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.64

Spectral Type B5V

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature of HR2963 11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2963 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2963. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR2963 star system properties

HR2963 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2963 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.73

Secondary star magnitude 8.43

Magnitude difference 2.7

Separation 1.1 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR2963

Henry Draper Catalogue HD61878

SAO Catalogue SAO198265

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37322

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 3767

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis