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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR2992

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:44 | Tran: 16:15 | Set: 19:46
Alt: 11.22°   Az: 162.88°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2992 is a double star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2992 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its faintness, HR2992 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2992 star
DSS2 image of HR2992. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2992 during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 44m 42s
-25° 33’ 57”
22h 45m 20s
06h 30m 03s

J2000

07h 43m 39s
-25° 30’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

241.37°
-0.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2992.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.55

-6.94
A3
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2992 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2992. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2992 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 HR2992 double sysyem:

6.55
14.05
7.5
5.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2992 is distant 16,300.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

5,000.00
16,300.00
23 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO174395
SAO174395

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2992 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.6°
Max altitude: 13.0°
Azimuth: 244.4°