HR3097

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:03 | Tran: 7:45 | Set: 14:26

Alt: -29.47° Az: 10.02° Direction: North

HR3097 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR3097 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR3097 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 HR3097. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3097 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 58m 36s

Declination +08° 34’ 24”

Hour Angle 12h 35m 14s

Sideral Time 20h 33m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 57m 15s

Declination +08° 38’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 212.57°

Galactic Latitude 18.53°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3097.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.05

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.27

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1

Temperature 4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3097 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3097. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3097 is distant 294.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 90.25

Distance (light year) 294.22

Radial Speed -36 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65066

SAO Catalogue SAO116162

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38868

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+09 1824

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3097 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.4° RISE 1:03

Max altitude: 47.1° TRANSIT 7:45

Azimuth: 278.6° SET 14:26

Set Location

Other stars in Canis Minor