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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR3131

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:43 | Tran: 17:02 | Set: 21:22
Alt: -56.76°   Az: 8.53°   Direction: North

HR3131 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3131 visual magnitude is 4.61. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3131 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR3131 star
DSS2 image of HR3131. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3131 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 01m 00s
-18° 28’ 12”
12h 19m 39s
20h 20m 40s

J2000

07h 59m 52s
-18° 23’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

237.16°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3131.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.61
Main-sequence

0.29
A2V
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3131 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3131. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3131 is distant 238.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

73.05
238.13
-12 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO153687
SAO153687

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3131 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.5°
Max altitude: 20.0°
Azimuth: 251.5°