HR3018
HR3018 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Puppis.
HR3018 visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3018 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 HR3018:
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3018
HR3018 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 HR3018 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3018 in the sky:

Visibility of HR3018 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's HR3018 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3018
The image below is a photograph of HR3018 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 HR3018 is -0.279 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 1.665 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR3018 from the Sun and relative movement
HR3018 is distant 49.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 103 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of HR3018
HR3018 belongs to spectral class G0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3018 is situated in the HertzsprungāRussell diagram.
