HR3052

HR3052 is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3052 visual magnitude is 5.6. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3052 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 HR3052:

Color of HR3052 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3052 5.6

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3052 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3052

HR3052 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 HR3052 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 49m 35s

Declination J2000 -33° 17’ 20”

Galactic Longitude 248.76°

Galactic Latitude -3.64°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3052 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3052.

Visibility of HR3052 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 HR3052 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: 123.3° RISE 14:08

Max altitude: 5.2° TRANSIT 16:25

Azimuth: 236.7° SET 18:42

RIGHT NOW HR3052 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3052

The image below is a photograph of HR3052 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 HR3052 is -0.034 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3052. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3052 during the next 10000 years (-5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3052 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3052 is distant 690.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 211.86 pc

Distance (light year) 690.68 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 33 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.034 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3052

HR3052 belongs to spectral class K5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.03

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.61

Temperature of HR3052 3635K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3052 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3052. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3052

Henry Draper Catalogue HD63852

SAO Catalogue SAO198487

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38200

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-32 4451

FK5 Catalogue 2608

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis