HR3051

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:33 | Tran: 7:45 | Set: 11:57

Alt: 14.46° Az: 151.63° Direction: South-South-East

HR3051 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3051 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR3051 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 HR3051. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3051 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 51m 11s

Declination -19° 35’ 15”

Hour Angle 22h 03m 03s

Sideral Time 05h 54m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 50m 05s

Declination -19° 31’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 236.95°

Galactic Latitude 3.44°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3051.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.12

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -2.68

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.26

Temperature 4194K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3051 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3051. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3051 is distant 1,873.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 574.71

Distance (light year) 1,873.56

Radial Speed 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD63822

SAO Catalogue SAO153468

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38246

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-19 2089

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3051 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.6° RISE 3:33

Max altitude: 18.9° TRANSIT 7:45

Azimuth: 250.4° SET 11:57

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis