HR2986

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -69.19° Az: 299.11° Direction: West-North-West

HR2986 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2986 visual magnitude is 6.54. Because of its faintness, HR2986 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR2986. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2986 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 42m 50s

Declination -38° 35’ 18”

Hour Angle 10h 26m 25s

Sidereal Time 18h 09m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 41m 57s

Declination -38° 31’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 252.57°

Galactic Latitude -7.57°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR2986.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.54

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.04

Spectral Type B7V

Color Index (B-V) -0.09

Temperature 11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2986 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2986. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2986 is distant 650.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 199.60

Distance (light year) 650.70

Radial Speed 8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62376

SAO Catalogue SAO198315

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37514

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-38 3564

Visibility from Your Location

HR2986 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis