HR3085

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:24 | Tran: 7:52 | Set: 9:19

Alt: 1.80° Az: 173.40° Direction: South

HR3085 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3085 visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its faintness, HR3085 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.

DSS2 image of HR3085. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3085 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 53m 58s

Declination -36° 25’ 45”

Hour Angle 23h 27m 08s

Sideral Time 07h 21m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 53m 03s

Declination -36° 21’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 251.78°

Galactic Latitude -4.59°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3085.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.43

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.40

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature 4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3085 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3085. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3085 is distant 756.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 232.02

Distance (light year) 756.38

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD64572

SAO Catalogue SAO198553

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38497

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-36 3989

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3085 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.4° RISE 6:24

Max altitude: 2.1° TRANSIT 7:52

Azimuth: 233.6° SET 9:19

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis