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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:13 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:39
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HR3026

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:52 | Tran: 17:26 | Set: 21:59
Alt: 17.20°   Az: 211.38°   Direction: South-South-West

HR3026 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3026 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR3026 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 HR3026 star
DSS2 image of HR3026. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3026 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 48m 47s
-16° 03’ 18”
02h 04m 40s
09h 53m 28s

J2000

07h 47m 38s
-15° 59’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

233.59°
4.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3026.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Supergiant

-2.88
K1I
3416K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3026 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3026. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3026 is distant 2,279.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

699.30
2,279.72
31 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO153404
SAO153404

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3026 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.1°
Max altitude: 22.5°
Azimuth: 253.9°