HR2974

Altitude: -40.3° Azimuth: 267.7° Direction: West

HR2974 is a variable supergiant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2974 visual magnitude is 6.56. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2974 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 HR2974:

Color of HR2974 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2974 6.56

Class Supergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2974 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -40.3°
Azimuth: 267.7°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2974

HR2974 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 HR2974 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 40m 52s

Declination J2000 -31° 39’ 38”

Galactic Longitude 246.43°

Galactic Latitude -4.43°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2974 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2974.

Visibility of HR2974 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 HR2974 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: 121.7° RISE 23:46

Max altitude: 6.9° TRANSIT 2:26

Azimuth: 238.3° SET 5:02

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2974

The image below is a photograph of HR2974 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 HR2974 is 0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2974. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2974 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2974 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2974 is distant 6,392.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 68 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 1,960.78 pc

Distance (light year) 6,392.16 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 68 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2974

HR2974 belongs to spectral class G2 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -4.90

Spectral Type G2I

Color Index (B-V) 1.18

Temperature of HR2974 4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2974 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2974. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2974

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62058

SAO Catalogue SAO198286

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37415

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-31 4910

General Catalogue of Variable Stars R Pup

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