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HR3152

HR3152 is a giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3152 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3152 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 HR3152:

6.33
Giant
HR3152 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3152

HR3152 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 HR3152 are provided in the following table:

07h 59m 40s
-60° 12’ 27”
273.41°
-15.43°
Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3152 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3152 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3152.

Visibility of HR3152 from your location

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

HR3152 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3152

The image below is a photograph of HR3152 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 HR3152 is 0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3152 star
DSS2 image of HR3152. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3152 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3152 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3152 is distant 1,364.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

418.41 pc
1,364.02 ly
23 km/s
0.004 arcsec/year
0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3152

HR3152 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-1.78
B5III
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3152 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3152. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3152

SAO250064
SAO250064