HR3071

Altitude: -54.3° Azimuth: 112.0° Direction: East-South-East

HR3071 is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3071 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3071 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR3071:

Color of HR3071 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3071 5.91

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3071 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -54.3°
Azimuth: 112.0°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3071

HR3071 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3071 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 50m 23s

Declination J2000 -50° 30’ 34”

Galactic Longitude 263.97°

Galactic Latitude -12°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3071 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3071.

Visibility of HR3071 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR3071 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3071

The image below is a photograph of HR3071 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR3071 is -0.06 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.049 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3071. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3071 during the next 10000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3071 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3071 is distant 258.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 79.43 pc

Distance (light year) 258.94 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.06 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.049 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3071

HR3071 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.41

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.09

Temperature of HR3071 4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3071 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3071. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3071

Henry Draper Catalogue HD64225

SAO Catalogue SAO235552

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38267

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-50 3004

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