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HR3077

Altitude: 60.7°   Azimuth: 299.8°   Direction: West-North-West

HR3077 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Lynx.

HR3077 visual magnitude is 6.72. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3077 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 HR3077:

6.72
Sub-giant

HR3077 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 60.7°
Azimuth: 299.8°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3077

HR3077 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3077 are provided in the following table:

07h 56m 26s
+56° 30’ 15”
161.19°
31.18°
Lynx

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3077 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3077 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3077.

Visibility of HR3077 from your location

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

HR3077 is circumpolar and transits at 03:13 UTC (altitude: 85.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3077

The image below is a photograph of HR3077 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 HR3077 is 0 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.024 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3077 star
DSS2 image of HR3077. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3077 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3077 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3077 is distant 696.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

213.68 pc
696.58 ly
28 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3077

HR3077 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

0.07
A2IV
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3077 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3077. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3077

SAO26579
SAO26579