HR3049

Altitude: -51.3° Azimuth: 274.9° Direction: West

HR3049 is a variable main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3049 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3049 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 HR3049:

Color of HR3049 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3049 5.93

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3049 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -51.3°
Azimuth: 274.9°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3049

HR3049 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 HR3049 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 49m 14s

Declination J2000 -35° 14’ 35”

Galactic Longitude 250.42°

Galactic Latitude -4.69°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3049 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3049.

Visibility of HR3049 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 HR3049 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: 125.2° RISE 14:08

Max altitude: 3.3° TRANSIT 15:58

Azimuth: 234.8° SET 17:47

RIGHT NOW HR3049 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3049

The image below is a photograph of HR3049 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 HR3049 is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3049. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3049 during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 15.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3049 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3049 is distant 478.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 146.63 pc

Distance (light year) 478.01 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 34 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3049

HR3049 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.10

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.05

Temperature of HR3049 10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3049 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3049. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3049

Henry Draper Catalogue HD63786

SAO Catalogue SAO198480

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38167

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-34 3970

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 3756

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis