HR3104

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:10 | Tran: 22:34 | Set: 6:03

Alt: -11.70° Az: 316.44° Direction: North-West

HR3104 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cancer.

HR3104 visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, HR3104 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 HR3104. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3104 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 59m 57s

Declination +16° 26’ 56”

Hour Angle 09h 01m 07s

Sidereal Time 17h 01m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 58m 31s

Declination +16° 31’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 205.06°

Galactic Latitude 22.08°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.99

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -2.17

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.47

Temperature 3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3104 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3104. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3104 is distant 1,399.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 429.18

Distance (light year) 1,399.14

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65257

SAO Catalogue SAO97429

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38975

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 1598

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3104 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.6° RISE 15:10

Max altitude: 55.0° TRANSIT 22:34

Azimuth: 286.4° SET 6:03

Set Location

Other stars in Cancer