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HR3017

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:29 | Tran: 17:11 | Set: 17:54
Alt: -27.74°   Az: 242.80°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3017 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3017 visual magnitude is 3.61. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3017 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR3017 star
DSS2 image of HR3017. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3017 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 46m 09s
-38° 01’ 53”
05h 52m 15s
13h 38m 24s

J2000

07h 45m 15s
-37° 58’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

252.39°
-6.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3017.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.61
Supergiant

-4.53
K2I
3477K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3017 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3017. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3017 is distant 1,387.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

425.53
1,387.23
17 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198398
SAO198398

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3017 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.0°
Max altitude: 0.5°
Azimuth: 232.0°