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HR3126

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -24.93°   Az: 159.55°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3126 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3126 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR3126 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 HR3126 star
DSS2 image of HR3126. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3126 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 57m 18s
-59° 11’ 41”
21h 27m 05s
05h 24m 24s

J2000

07h 56m 50s
-59° 07’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

272.25°
-15.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3126.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Hypergiant

-1.11
M0III
3089K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3126 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3126. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3126 is distant 967.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

296.74
967.36
24 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO235638
SAO235638

Visibility from Your Location

HR3126 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK