HR3076
HR3076 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Carina.
HR3076 visual magnitude is 6.72. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3076 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 HR3076:
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3076
HR3076 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3076 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3076 in the sky:
Visibility of HR3076 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
HR3076 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3076
The image below is a photograph of HR3076 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 HR3076 is 0 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.02 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.
Distance of HR3076 from the Sun and relative movement
HR3076 is distant 1,621.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of HR3076
HR3076 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a hypergiant star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3076 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
