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HR3092

HR3092 is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3092 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3092 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 HR3092:

6.15
Giant
HR3092 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3092

HR3092 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3092 are provided in the following table:

07h 54m 39s
-34° 50’ 48”
250.64°
-3.53°
Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3092 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3092 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3092.

Visibility of HR3092 from your location

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

Today's HR3092 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.8°
Max altitude: 3.7°
Azimuth: 235.2°
HR3092 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3092

The image below is a photograph of HR3092 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 HR3092 is -0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.02 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3092 star
DSS2 image of HR3092. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3092 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3092 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3092 is distant 677.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 47 kilometers per second.

207.90 pc
677.75 ly
47 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/year
-0.02 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3092

HR3092 belongs to spectral class K4 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.44
K4III
3749K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3092 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3092. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3092

SAO198579
SAO198579