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HR3055

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -9.62°   Az: 165.27°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3055 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3055 visual magnitude is 4.11. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3055 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR3055 star
DSS2 image of HR3055. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3055 during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 50m 00s
-46° 26’ 15”
22h 34m 41s
06h 24m 42s

J2000

07h 49m 14s
-46° 22’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

260.18°
-10.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3055.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.11
Hypergiant

-4.79
B0III
13121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3055 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3055. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3055 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3055 double sysyem:

4.11
9.01
4.9
59.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3055 is distant 1,963.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

602.41
1,963.86
24 km/s
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO219035
SAO219035

Visibility from Your Location

HR3055 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK