HR3016

HR3016 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3016 visual magnitude is 6.54. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3016 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 HR3016:

Color of HR3016 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3016 6.54

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3016 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3016

HR3016 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 HR3016 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 45m 04s

Declination J2000 -37° 53’ 16”

Galactic Longitude 252.31°

Galactic Latitude -6.73°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3016 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3016.

Visibility of HR3016 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 HR3016 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: 127.9° RISE 15:33

Max altitude: 0.6° TRANSIT 16:21

Azimuth: 232.1° SET 17:09

RIGHT NOW HR3016 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3016

The image below is a photograph of HR3016 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 HR3016 is -0.023 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.007 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3016. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3016 during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3016 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3016 is distant 920.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 282.49 pc

Distance (light year) 920.90 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 24 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.023 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.007 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3016

HR3016 belongs to spectral class B3 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.71

Spectral Type B3IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.1

Temperature of HR3016 11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3016 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3016. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3016

Henry Draper Catalogue HD62991

SAO Catalogue SAO198390

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37803

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 3861

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis