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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:06 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:21
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HR3023

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:55 | Tran: 21:47 | Set: 1:44
Alt: 6.78°   Az: 140.38°   Direction: South-East

HR3023 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3023 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR3023 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 HR3023 star
DSS2 image of HR3023. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3023 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 48m 17s
-22° 34’ 59”
21h 06m 48s
04h 55m 05s

J2000

07h 47m 12s
-22° 31’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

239.19°
1.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3023.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Sub-giant

-1.51
B2IV
13348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3023 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3023. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3023 is distant 987.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

303.03
987.88
7 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO174533
SAO174533

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3023 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.6°
Max altitude: 15.9°
Azimuth: 247.4°