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HR3136

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:07 | Tran: 22:29 | Set: 4:55
Alt: 29.34°   Az: 236.51°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3136 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR3136 visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its faintness, HR3136 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 HR3136 star
DSS2 image of HR3136. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3136 during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 02m 33s
+04° 48’ 31”
03h 07m 23s
11h 09m 56s

J2000

08h 01m 13s
+04° 52’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

216.58°
17.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3136.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.65
Main-sequence

0.52
A1V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3136 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3136. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3136 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 HR3136 double sysyem:

5.65
12.35
6.7
30.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3136 is distant 346.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 46 kilometers per second.

106.16
346.07
46 km/s
-0.038 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO116244
SAO116244

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3136 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.2°
Max altitude: 43.3°
Azimuth: 274.8°