HR3032

HR3032 is a variable giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3032 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3032 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 HR3032:

Color of HR3032 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3032 6.31

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3032 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3032

HR3032 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 HR3032 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 47m 05s

Declination J2000 -39° 19’ 53”

Galactic Longitude 253.77°

Galactic Latitude -7.09°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3032 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3032.

Visibility of HR3032 from your location

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

HR3032 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3032

The image below is a photograph of HR3032 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 HR3032 is -0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3032. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3032 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3032 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3032 is distant 684.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 210.08 pc

Distance (light year) 684.87 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3032

HR3032 belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.30

Spectral Type B8III

Color Index (B-V) -0.17

Temperature of HR3032 12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3032 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3032. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3032

Henry Draper Catalogue HD63401

SAO Catalogue SAO198435

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP37982

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-39 3595

General Catalogue of Variable Stars OX Pup

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis