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HR2987

Altitude: -9.5°   Azimuth: 55.1°   Direction: North-East

HR2987 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR2987 visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2987 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 HR2987:

6.43
Hypergiant

HR2987 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -9.5°
Azimuth: 55.1°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2987

HR2987 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR2987 are provided in the following table:

07h 44m 13s
+12° 51’ 33”
207.12°
17.43°
Canis Minor

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2987 in the sky:

Finder chart HR2987 star
Simplified finder chart for HR2987.

Visibility of HR2987 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 HR2987 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: 77.1°
Max altitude: 51.4°
Azimuth: 282.9°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2987

The image below is a photograph of HR2987 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 HR2987 is -0.024 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.042 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR2987 star
DSS2 image of HR2987. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2987 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2987 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2987 is distant 876.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

268.82 pc
876.34 ly
27 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/year
-0.042 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2987

HR2987 belongs to spectral class K0

-0.72
K0
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2987 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2987. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2987

SAO97199
SAO97199