HR3166

HR3166 is a bright giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3166 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3166 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 HR3166:

Color of HR3166 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3166 6.29

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3166 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3166

HR3166 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 HR3166 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 03m 29s

Declination J2000 -42° 56’ 54”

Galactic Longitude 258.48°

Galactic Latitude -6.27°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3166 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3166.

Visibility of HR3166 from your location

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

HR3166 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3166

The image below is a photograph of HR3166 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 HR3166 is -0.026 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.013 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3166. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3166 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3166 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3166 is distant 779.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 239.23 pc

Distance (light year) 779.90 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.026 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.013 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3166

HR3166 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.60

Spectral Type G8II

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature of HR3166 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3166 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3166. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3166

Henry Draper Catalogue HD66812

SAO Catalogue SAO219355

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39420

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-42 3832

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis