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HR3007

HR3007 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3007 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3007 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 HR3007:

5.8
Main-sequence
HR3007 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3007

HR3007 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 HR3007 are provided in the following table:

07h 44m 09s
-36° 03’ 46”
250.62°
-5.99°
Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3007 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3007 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3007.

Visibility of HR3007 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 HR3007 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°
Max altitude: 2.5°
Azimuth: 233.9°
HR3007 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3007

The image below is a photograph of HR3007 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 HR3007 is -0.083 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.076 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3007 star
DSS2 image of HR3007. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3007 during the next 10000 years (-13.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 12.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3007 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3007 is distant 141.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

43.50 pc
141.80 ly
29 km/s
-0.083 arcsec/year
0.076 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3007

HR3007 belongs to spectral class F2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

2.61
F2V
7399K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3007 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3007. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3007

SAO198366
SAO198366