HR3042

HR3042 is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3042 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3042 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 HR3042:

Color of HR3042 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3042 6.23

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3042 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3042

HR3042 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3042 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 49m 28s

Declination J2000 -13° 21’ 11”

Galactic Longitude 231.52°

Galactic Latitude 6.41°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3042 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3042.

Visibility of HR3042 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 HR3042 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: 103.4° RISE 11:36

Max altitude: 25.2° TRANSIT 16:25

Azimuth: 256.6° SET 21:14

RIGHT NOW HR3042 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3042

The image below is a photograph of HR3042 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 HR3042 is -0.035 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.018 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3042. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3042 during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3042 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3042 is distant 1,873.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 574.71 pc

Distance (light year) 1,873.56 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.035 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.018 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3042

HR3042 belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -2.57

Spectral Type B8III

Color Index (B-V) -0.09

Temperature of HR3042 11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3042 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3042. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3042

Henry Draper Catalogue HD63655

SAO Catalogue SAO153449

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38184

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-12 2164

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis