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HR3035

Altitude: -50.0°   Azimuth: 266.7°   Direction: West

HR3035 is a double giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3035 visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3035 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 HR3035:

5.08
Giant

HR3035 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -50.0°
Azimuth: 266.7°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3035

HR3035 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 HR3035 are provided in the following table:

07h 47m 25s
-38° 30’ 39”
253.08°
-6.63°
Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3035 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3035 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3035.

Visibility of HR3035 from your location

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

Today's HR3035 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.5°
Max altitude: 0.0°
Azimuth: 231.5°
HR3035 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3035

The image below is a photograph of HR3035 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 HR3035 is -0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3035 star
DSS2 image of HR3035. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3035 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3035 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3035 is distant 1,239.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

380.23 pc
1,239.54 ly
12 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3035

HR3035 belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-2.82
B2III
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3035 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3035. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR3035 star system properties

HR3035 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 HR3035 double sysyem:

5.08
10.88
5.8
10.9 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR3035

SAO198442
SAO198442