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HR3012

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -49.67°   Az: 129.12°   Direction: South-East

HR3012 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3012 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR3012 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 HR3012 star
DSS2 image of HR3012. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3012 during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 43m 21s
-58° 17’ 23”
16h 51m 16s
00h 34m 37s

J2000

07h 42m 53s
-58° 13’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

270.57°
-16.46°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3012 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3012.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Hypergiant

-0.22
K0III
4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3012 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3012. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3012 is distant 629.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

193.05
629.34
-22 km/s
-0.03 arcsec/y
0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO235440
SAO235440

Visibility from Your Location

HR3012 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK