HR3170

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:39 | Tran: 8:03 | Set: 10:27

Alt: -16.71° Az: 121.98° Direction: East-South-East

HR3170 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3170 visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, HR3170 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 05m 14s

Declination -32° 44’ 47”

Hour Angle 19h 00m 02s

Sideral Time 03h 05m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 04m 16s

Declination -32° 40’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 249.83°

Galactic Latitude -0.69°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3170.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.31

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -3.97

Spectral Type M1I

Color Index (B-V) 1.91

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 2,345.32

Radial Speed 36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD66888

SAO Catalogue SAO198764

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39487

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-32 4796

General Catalogue of Variable Stars MZ Pup

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 122.7° RISE 5:39

Max altitude: 5.8° TRANSIT 8:03

Azimuth: 237.3° SET 10:27

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis