HR3170

HR3170 is a variable supergiant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3170 visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3170 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 HR3170:

Color of HR3170 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3170 5.31

Class Supergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3170 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3170

HR3170 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 HR3170 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 04m 16s

Declination J2000 -32° 40’ 29”

Galactic Longitude 249.83°

Galactic Latitude -0.69°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3170 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3170.

Visibility of HR3170 from your location

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

Today's HR3170 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.7° RISE 14:16

Max altitude: 5.8° TRANSIT 16:40

Azimuth: 237.3° SET 19:05

RIGHT NOW HR3170 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3170

The image below is a photograph of HR3170 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 HR3170 is -0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3170. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3170 during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3170 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3170 is distant 2,345.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 719.42 pc

Distance (light year) 2,345.32 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.003 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3170

HR3170 belongs to spectral class M1 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -3.97

Spectral Type M1I

Color Index (B-V) 1.91

Temperature of HR3170 3266K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3170 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3170. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3170

Henry Draper Catalogue HD66888

SAO Catalogue SAO198764

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39487

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-32 4796

General Catalogue of Variable Stars MZ Pup

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis