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HR3118

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -12.54°   Az: 160.43°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3118 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3118 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR3118 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.

Image of HR3118 star
DSS2 image of HR3118. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3118 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 58m 05s
-47° 57’ 35”
22h 03m 05s
06h 01m 11s

J2000

07h 57m 20s
-47° 53’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

262.21°
-9.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3118.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Main-sequence

-1.23
B5V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3118 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3118. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3118 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3118 double sysyem:

6.22
6.82
0.6
0.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3118 is distant 1,009.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

309.60
1,009.29
12 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO219200
SAO219200

Visibility from Your Location

HR3118 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK