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HR3161

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -69.05°   Az: 245.11°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3161 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3161 visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its faintness, HR3161 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 HR3161 star
DSS2 image of HR3161. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3161 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 02m 06s
-55° 31’ 29”
09h 40m 07s
17h 42m 13s

J2000

08h 01m 31s
-55° 27’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

269.24°
-12.92°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3161 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3161.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.28
Main-sequence

-0.28
B4V
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3161 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3161. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3161 is distant 668.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

204.92
668.03
6 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO235690
SAO235690

Visibility from Your Location

HR3161 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK