HR3140

HR3140 is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3140 visual magnitude is 5.24. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3140 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR3140:

Color of HR3140 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3140 5.24

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3140 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3140

HR3140 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3140 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 07h 59m 28s

Declination J2000 -39° 17’ 49”

Galactic Longitude 254.96°

Galactic Latitude -5.01°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3140 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3140.

Visibility of HR3140 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR3140 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3140

The image below is a photograph of HR3140 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR3140 is -0.082 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.043 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3140. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3140 during the next 10000 years (-13.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3140 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3140 is distant 188.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 57.87 pc

Distance (light year) 188.66 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.082 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.043 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3140

HR3140 belongs to spectral class F5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.43

Spectral Type F5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.39

Temperature of HR3140 6934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3140 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3140. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3140

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65925

SAO Catalogue SAO198668

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39061

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-38 3908

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis