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HR3031

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -38.49°   Az: 224.17°   Direction: South-West

HR3031 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3031 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR3031 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 HR3031 star
DSS2 image of HR3031. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3031 during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 46m 06s
-56° 47’ 01”
05h 38m 23s
13h 24m 29s

J2000

07h 45m 35s
-56° 43’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

269.32°
-15.48°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3031 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3031.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Hypergiant

-1.18
F0II
6934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3031 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3031. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3031 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3031 double sysyem:

6.12
11.12
5
36.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3031 is distant 942.20 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

289.02
942.20
19 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO235490
SAO235490

Visibility from Your Location

HR3031 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK