HR3001

HR3001 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3001 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3001 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 HR3001:

Color of HR3001 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3001 6.4

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3001 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3001

HR3001 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 HR3001 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 43m 42s

Declination J2000 -38° 12’ 06”

Galactic Longitude 252.45°

Galactic Latitude -7.11°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3001 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3001.

Visibility of HR3001 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 HR3001 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: 128.2° RISE 15:45

Max altitude: 0.3° TRANSIT 16:20

Azimuth: 231.8° SET 16:54

RIGHT NOW HR3001 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3001

The image below is a photograph of HR3001 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 HR3001 is -0.025 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3001. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3001 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3001 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3001 is distant 580.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 177.94 pc

Distance (light year) 580.07 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.025 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3001

HR3001 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star. HR3001 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 0.15

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.16

Temperature of HR3001 12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3001 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3001. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3001

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62712

SAO Catalogue SAO198352

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37666

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 3820

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis