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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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HR3087

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:04 | Tran: 16:46 | Set: 23:29
Alt: 39.38°   Az: 135.52°   Direction: South-East

HR3087 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR3087 visual magnitude is 5.86. Because of its faintness, HR3087 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 HR3087 star
DSS2 image of HR3087. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3087 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 56m 54s
+08° 47’ 38”
21h 47m 04s
05h 43m 58s

J2000

07h 55m 31s
+08° 51’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

212.16°
18.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3087.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.86
Sub-giant

2.95
F2IV
7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3087 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3087. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3087 is distant 124.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

38.15
124.38
22 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.087"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO116120
SAO116120

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3087 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.2°
Max altitude: 47.3°
Azimuth: 278.8°