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public  Bagnolo in Piano, Italy Bagnolo in Piano, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:44 
Transit: 13:23 
Sunset: 21:01
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HR2981

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:07 | Tran: 13:36 | Set: 16:06
Alt: -0.63°   Az: 209.81°   Direction: South-South-West

HR2981 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2981 visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its faintness, HR2981 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 HR2981 star
DSS2 image of HR2981. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2981 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 42m 09s
-38° 35’ 40”
02h 37m 58s
10h 20m 07s

J2000

07h 41m 15s
-38° 32’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

252.51°
-7.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2981.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.42
Main-sequence

-0.97
B5V
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2981 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2981. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2981 is distant 617.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

189.39
617.42
40 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198298
SAO198298

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2981 rise, transit and set times from Bagnolo in Piano, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 128.6°
Max altitude: 6.6°
Azimuth: 231.4°