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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR2998

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -48.65°   Az: 107.34°   Direction: East-South-East

HR2998 is a sub-giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2998 visual magnitude is 5.06. Because of its faintness, HR2998 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR2998 star
DSS2 image of HR2998. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2998 during the next 1000 years (-1.10 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.30 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 43m 44s
-45° 14’ 05”
16h 14m 16s
23h 58m 00s

J2000

07h 42m 57s
-45° 10’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

258.57°
-10.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2998.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.06
Sub-giant

3.15
G6IV
5342K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2998 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2998. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2998 is distant 78.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

24.14
78.69
28 km/s
-0.066 arcsec/y
-0.558"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO218923
SAO218923

Visibility from Your Location

HR2998 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK