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HR3056

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -83.38°   Az: 142.58°   Direction: South-East

HR3056 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3056 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, HR3056 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.

Image of HR3056 star
DSS2 image of HR3056. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3056 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 48m 51s
-56° 32’ 05”
12h 29m 12s
20h 18m 03s

J2000

07h 48m 19s
-56° 28’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

269.26°
-15.03°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3056.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Hypergiant

-2.88
K0III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3056 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3056. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3056 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3056 double sysyem:

6.33
8.53
2.2
1.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3056 is distant 2,263.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

694.44
2,263.89
9 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO235532
SAO235532

Visibility from Your Location

HR3056 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK