HR3111

Altitude: -60.2° Azimuth: 270.9° Direction: West

HR3111 is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3111 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3111 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 HR3111:

Color of HR3111 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3111 6.09

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3111 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -60.2°
Azimuth: 270.9°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3111

HR3111 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 HR3111 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 56m 57s

Declination J2000 -42° 24’ 21”

Galactic Longitude 257.39°

Galactic Latitude -7.02°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3111 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3111.

Visibility of HR3111 from your location

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

HR3111 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3111

The image below is a photograph of HR3111 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 HR3111 is 0.029 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3111. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3111 during the next 10000 years (4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3111 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3111 is distant 702.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 58 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 215.52 pc

Distance (light year) 702.59 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 58 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.029 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3111

HR3111 belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.58

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.36

Temperature of HR3111 4017K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3111 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3111. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3111

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65442

SAO Catalogue SAO219186

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38845

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-42 3717

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis