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HR3178

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -13.86°   Az: 194.27°   Direction: South-South-West

HR3178 is a bright giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3178 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, HR3178 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 HR3178 star
DSS2 image of HR3178. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3178 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 05m 24s
-50° 39’ 44”
01h 28m 43s
09h 34m 08s

J2000

08h 04m 42s
-50° 35’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

265.19°
-10.06°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3178 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3178.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Bright giant

-2.15
G5II
4289K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3178 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3178. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3178 is distant 1,358.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

416.67
1,358.33
27 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO235730
SAO235730

Visibility from Your Location

HR3178 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK