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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR3144

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:41 | Tran: 17:24 | Set: 0:07
Alt: -10.02°   Az: 61.79°   Direction: East-North-East

HR3144 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Canis Minor.

HR3144 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR3144 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 HR3144 star
DSS2 image of HR3144. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3144 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 03m 13s
+08° 50’ 30”
16h 05m 43s
00h 08m 56s

J2000

08h 01m 50s
+08° 54’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

212.83°
19.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3144.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Hypergiant

2.34
G0IV
6088K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3144 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3144. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3144 is distant 194.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

59.63
194.39
4 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO116251
SAO116251

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3144 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.2°
Max altitude: 47.4°
Azimuth: 278.8°