HR3043

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:16 | Tran: 7:52 | Set: 11:27

Alt: -2.80° Az: 128.12° Direction: South-East

HR3043 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3043 visual magnitude is 5.33. Because of its faintness, HR3043 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.

DSS2 image of HR3043. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3043 during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 50m 04s

Declination -24° 58’ 32”

Hour Angle 19h 59m 36s

Sideral Time 03h 49m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 49m 01s

Declination -24° 54’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 241.47°

Galactic Latitude 0.49°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3043.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.33

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.36

Spectral Type G0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.76

Temperature 5404K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3043 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3043. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3043 is distant 320.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 98.43

Distance (light year) 320.87

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.03 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD63660

SAO Catalogue SAO174592

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38146

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-24 6022

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3043 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.0° RISE 4:16

Max altitude: 13.5° TRANSIT 7:52

Azimuth: 245.0° SET 11:27

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis