HR2988

Altitude: 2.4° Azimuth: 140.1° Direction: South-East

HR2988 is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2988 visual magnitude is 5.64. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2988 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 HR2988:

Color of HR2988 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2988 5.64

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2988 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 2.4°
Azimuth: 140.1°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2988

HR2988 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 HR2988 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 42m 48s

Declination J2000 -26° 21’ 03”

Galactic Longitude 242.01°

Galactic Latitude -1.44°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2988 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2988.

Visibility of HR2988 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 HR2988 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: 116.4° RISE 23:35

Max altitude: 12.2° TRANSIT 3:03

Azimuth: 243.6° SET 6:28

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2988

The image below is a photograph of HR2988 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 HR2988 is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.027 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2988. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2988 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2988 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2988 is distant 332.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 102.15 pc

Distance (light year) 332.99 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.027 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2988

HR2988 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.59

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 0.99

Temperature of HR2988 4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2988 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2988. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2988

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62412

SAO Catalogue SAO174356

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37590

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-26 4824

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