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.

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

Right Ascension 07h 46m 09s

Declination -38° 01’ 53”

Hour Angle 05h 52m 15s

Sidereal Time 13h 38m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 45m 15s

Declination -37° 58’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 252.39°

Galactic Latitude -6.74°

Finder Chart

Loading map...

Finder chart for HR3017.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.61

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -4.53

Spectral Type K2I

Color Index (B-V) 1.73

Temperature 3477K

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

Distance (parsec) 425.53

Distance (light year) 1,387.23

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD63032

SAO Catalogue SAO198398

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37819

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 3863

FK5 Catalogue 2605

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 3723

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° RISE 16:29

Max altitude: 0.5° TRANSIT 17:11

Azimuth: 232.0° SET 17:54

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis