HR2994

Altitude: -64.3° Azimuth: 295.6° Direction: West-North-West

HR2994 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2994 visual magnitude is 5.6. Because of its reltive faintness, HR2994 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 HR2994:

Color of HR2994 ⬤

Magnitude of HR2994 5.6

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR2994 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -64.3°
Azimuth: 295.6°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR2994

HR2994 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 HR2994 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 43m 11s

Declination J2000 -36° 03’ 01”

Galactic Longitude 250.51°

Galactic Latitude -6.15°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR2994 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR2994.

Visibility of HR2994 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 HR2994 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: 126.1° RISE 14:13

Max altitude: 2.5° TRANSIT 15:48

Azimuth: 233.9° SET 17:23

RIGHT NOW HR2994 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR2994

The image below is a photograph of HR2994 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 HR2994 is -0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR2994. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2994 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR2994 from the Sun and relative movement

HR2994 is distant 598.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 183.49 pc

Distance (light year) 598.17 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.019 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR2994

HR2994 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.72

Spectral Type B5V

Color Index (B-V) -0.13

Temperature of HR2994 12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2994 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR2994. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR2994

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62578

SAO Catalogue SAO198343

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37623

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 3809

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis