HR3068

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:21 | Tran: 7:23 | Set: 11:25

Alt: -28.95° Az: 271.73° Direction: West

HR3068 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3068 visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its faintness, HR3068 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 HR3068. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3068 during the next 10000 years (-10.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 52m 47s

Declination -21° 14’ 19”

Hour Angle 07h 20m 51s

Sidereal Time 15h 13m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 51m 42s

Declination -21° 10’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 238.56°

Galactic Latitude 2.93°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3068.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.63

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.01

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3068 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3068. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3068 is distant 273.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 84.03

Distance (light year) 273.95

Radial Speed 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.062 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD64152

SAO Catalogue SAO174679

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38375

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 2235

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3068 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.2° RISE 3:21

Max altitude: 17.3° TRANSIT 7:23

Azimuth: 248.8° SET 11:25

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis