HR2964

Altitude: -58.9° Azimuth: 279.1° Direction: West

HR2964 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2964 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2964 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 HR2964:

Color of HR2964 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2964 5.76

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2964 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -58.9°
Azimuth: 279.1°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2964

HR2964 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 HR2964 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 39m 47s

Declination J2000 -38° 15’ 38”

Galactic Longitude 252.13°

Galactic Latitude -7.82°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2964 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2964.

Visibility of HR2964 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 HR2964 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: 128.3° RISE 15:13

Max altitude: 0.3° TRANSIT 15:44

Azimuth: 231.7° SET 16:15

RIGHT NOW HR2964 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2964

The image below is a photograph of HR2964 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 HR2964 is -0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2964. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2964 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2964 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2964 is distant 1,116.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 342.47 pc

Distance (light year) 1,116.44 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 23 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2964

HR2964 belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -1.91

Spectral Type B2V

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature of HR2964 11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2964 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2964. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2964

Henry Draper Catalogue HD61899

SAO Catalogue SAO198268

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37329

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 3768

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis