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public  Huangnaihai, China Huangnaihai, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 6:02 
Transit: 13:16 
Sunset: 20:30
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HR2966

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:04 | Tran: 14:12 | Set: 20:20
Alt: 31.92°   Az: 249.13°   Direction: West-South-West

HR2966 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR2966 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR2966 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 HR2966 star
DSS2 image of HR2966. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2966 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 42m 55s
+03° 33’ 48”
03h 30m 28s
11h 13m 24s

J2000

07h 41m 35s
+03° 37’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

215.43°
12.81°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Hypergiant

-0.01
A0V
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2966 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2966. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2966 is distant 503.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

154.56
503.86
-24 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO115813
SAO115813

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2966 rise, transit and set times from Huangnaihai, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 86.4°
Max altitude: 57.9°
Azimuth: 273.6°