HR3060

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:19 | Tran: 7:58 | Set: 11:36

Alt: -13.78° Az: 247.68° Direction: West-South-West

HR3060 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3060 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR3060 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 HR3060. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3060 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 52m 02s

Declination -24° 35’ 34”

Hour Angle 05h 24m 30s

Sideral Time 13h 16m 33s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 50m 59s

Declination -24° 31’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 241.37°

Galactic Latitude 1.08°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3060.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.45

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.50

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3060 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3060. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3060 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3060 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.45

Secondary star magnitude 9.95

Magnitude difference 3.5

Separation 0.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3060 is distant 504.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 154.80

Distance (light year) 504.64

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD64042

SAO Catalogue SAO174658

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38316

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-24 6060

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS6414

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3060 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.6° RISE 4:19

Max altitude: 13.9° TRANSIT 7:58

Azimuth: 245.4° SET 11:36

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis