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HR3025

HR3025 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3025 visual magnitude is 6.57. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3025 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 HR3025:

6.57
Main-sequence
HR3025 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3025

HR3025 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 HR3025 are provided in the following table:

07h 46m 33s
-40° 03’ 34”
254.36°
-7.54°
Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3025 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3025 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3025.

Visibility of HR3025 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR3025 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3025

The image below is a photograph of HR3025 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 HR3025 is -0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3025 star
DSS2 image of HR3025. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3025 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3025 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3025 is distant 2,279.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

699.30 pc
2,279.72 ly
34 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/year
-0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3025

HR3025 belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-2.65
B2V
12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3025 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3025. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3025

SAO198424
SAO198424