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HR3078

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -47.38°   Az: 255.49°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3078 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3078 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its faintness, HR3078 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 HR3078 star
DSS2 image of HR3078. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3078 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 52m 29s
-42° 57’ 10”
07h 45m 38s
15h 38m 07s

J2000

07h 51m 40s
-42° 53’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

257.32°
-8.1°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3078 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3078.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.04
Sub-giant

-2.62
B2IV
13121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3078 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3078. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3078 is distant 1,762.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

540.54
1,762.16
32 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO219076
SAO219076

Visibility from Your Location

HR3078 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK