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HR3114

HR3114 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3114 visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3114 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 HR3114:

5.35
Main-sequence
HR3114 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3114

HR3114 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 HR3114 are provided in the following table:

07h 56m 57s
-43° 30’ 01”
258.34°
-7.57°
Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3114 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3114 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3114.

Visibility of HR3114 from your location

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

HR3114 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3114

The image below is a photograph of HR3114 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 HR3114 is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.013 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3114 star
DSS2 image of HR3114. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3114 during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3114 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3114 is distant 1,120.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

343.64 pc
1,120.27 ly
20 km/s
0.001 arcsec/year
0.013 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3114

HR3114 belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-2.33
B2V
13121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3114 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3114. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3114

SAO219189
SAO219189