HR3158

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:10 | Tran: 2:52 | Set: 10:31

Alt: 9.38° Az: 288.43° Direction: West-North-West

HR3158 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Cancer.

HR3158 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR3158 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.

DSS2 image of HR3158. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3158 during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 06m 11s

Declination +18° 46’ 11”

Hour Angle 06h 34m 38s

Sidereal Time 14h 40m 50s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 04m 45s

Declination +18° 50’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 203.35°

Galactic Latitude 24.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3158.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.15

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.34

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.05

Temperature 10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3158 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3158. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3158 is distant 298.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 91.58

Distance (light year) 298.53

Radial Speed 28 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.035 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD66552

SAO Catalogue SAO97537

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39535

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 1911

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3158 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.2° RISE 19:10

Max altitude: 57.3° TRANSIT 2:52

Azimuth: 288.8° SET 10:31

Set Location

Other stars in Cancer