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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR3061

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:00 | Tran: 17:14 | Set: 23:29
Alt: 24.09°   Az: 242.41°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3061 is a variable giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR3061 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR3061 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 HR3061 star
DSS2 image of HR3061. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3061 during the next 10000 years (7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 53m 26s
+03° 12’ 37”
03h 36m 32s
11h 29m 59s

J2000

07h 52m 07s
+03° 16’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

216.98°
14.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3061.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Giant

0.76
M4III
3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3061 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3061. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3061 is distant 419.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 62 kilometers per second.

128.70
419.56
-62 km/s
0.047 arcsec/y
-0.084"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO116054
SAO116054

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3061 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.8°
Max altitude: 41.7°
Azimuth: 273.2°