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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:01  ☀️ Transit: 12:06  🌅 Sunset: 18:11

HR3047

HR3047 is a giant star in the constellation of Monoceros.

HR3047 visual magnitude is 5.61. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3047 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 HR3047:

5.61
Giant
HR3047 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3047

HR3047 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 HR3047 are provided in the following table:

07h 50m 10s
-09° 10’ 59”
227.95°
8.62°
Monoceros

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3047 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3047 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3047.

Visibility of HR3047 from your location

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

Today's HR3047 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.2°
Max altitude: 29.3°
Azimuth: 260.8°
HR3047 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3047

The image below is a photograph of HR3047 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 HR3047 is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3047 star
DSS2 image of HR3047. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3047 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3047 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3047 is distant 1,405.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

431.03 pc
1,405.17 ly
-7 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/year
0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3047

HR3047 belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-2.56
K3III
3886K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3047 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3047. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3047

SAO135158
SAO135158