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HR3120

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -61.37°   Az: 231.83°   Direction: South-West

HR3120 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3120 visual magnitude is 5.74. Because of its faintness, HR3120 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 HR3120 star
DSS2 image of HR3120. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3120 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 56m 43s
-60° 35’ 38”
08h 39m 37s
16h 36m 21s

J2000

07h 56m 18s
-60° 31’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

273.5°
-15.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3120.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.74
Giant

-2.17
K3III
3720K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3120 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3120. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3120 is distant 1,244.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

381.68
1,244.27
23 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO250019
SAO250019

Visibility from Your Location

HR3120 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK