HR3050

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:50 | Tran: 9:05 | Set: 15:19

Alt: 9.76° Az: 262.83° Direction: West

HR3050 is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR3050 visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, HR3050 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 HR3050. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3050 during the next 10000 years (9.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 52m 05s

Declination +03° 12’ 46”

Hour Angle 05h 13m 20s

Sideral Time 13h 05m 25s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 50m 47s

Declination +03° 16’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 216.83°

Galactic Latitude 14.69°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3050.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.18

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.82

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature 4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3050 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3050. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3050 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3050 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.18

Secondary star magnitude 6.38

Magnitude difference 0.2

Separation 0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3050 is distant 384.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 48 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 117.92

Distance (light year) 384.43

Radial Speed -48 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.054 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD63799

SAO Catalogue SAO116014

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38300

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+03 1818

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS6405

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3050 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.8° RISE 2:50

Max altitude: 41.7° TRANSIT 9:05

Azimuth: 273.2° SET 15:19

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Canis Minor