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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR3079

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:27 | Tran: 16:23 | Set: 18:20
Alt: -28.39°   Az: 111.22°   Direction: East-South-East

HR3079 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3079 visual magnitude is 5.01. Because of its faintness, HR3079 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 HR3079 star
DSS2 image of HR3079. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3079 during the next 1000 years (-3.23 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 53m 13s
-34° 46’ 19”
17h 46m 54s
01h 40m 07s

J2000

07h 52m 15s
-34° 42’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

250.27°
-3.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3079.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.01
Main-sequence

3.73
F5V
6674K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3079 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3079. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3079 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3079 double sysyem:

5.01
8.61
3.6
3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3079 is distant 58.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

18.02
58.76
27 km/s
-0.194 arcsec/y
0.243"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198540
SAO198540
Gl 292 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3079 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.8°
Max altitude: 3.7°
Azimuth: 235.2°