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HR2982

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:22 | Tran: 17:21 | Set: 23:20
Alt: -33.92°   Az: 328.10°   Direction: North-North-West

HR2982 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR2982 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR2982 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 HR2982 star
DSS2 image of HR2982. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2982 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 44m 23s
+00° 07’ 39”
10h 15m 58s
18h 00m 21s

J2000

07h 43m 05s
+00° 11’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

218.73°
11.56°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2982.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Hypergiant

0.48
K0III
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2982 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2982. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2982 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR2982 double sysyem:

6.19
6.39
0.2
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2982 is distant 452.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

138.89
452.78
8 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO115839
SAO115839

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2982 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.9°
Max altitude: 38.6°
Azimuth: 270.1°