HR3181

Altitude: 43.3° Azimuth: 72.2° Direction: East-North-East

HR3181 is a giant star in the constellation of Lynx.

HR3181 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3181 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 HR3181:

Color of HR3181 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3181 6.27

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3181 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 43.3°
Azimuth: 72.2°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3181

HR3181 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3181 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 09m 23s

Declination J2000 +42° 25’ 50”

Galactic Longitude 177.88°

Galactic Latitude 31.79°

Constellation Lynx

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3181 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3181.

Visibility of HR3181 from your location

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

HR3181 is circumpolar and transits at 14:58 UTC (altitude: 81.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3181

The image below is a photograph of HR3181 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 HR3181 is -0.008 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.072 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3181. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3181 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3181 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3181 is distant 612.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 187.97 pc

Distance (light year) 612.78 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 38 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.072 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3181

HR3181 belongs to spectral class K3

Absolute magnitude -0.10

Spectral Type K3

Color Index (B-V) 1.27

Temperature of HR3181 4176K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3181 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3181. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3181

Henry Draper Catalogue HD67370

SAO Catalogue SAO42199

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39938

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+42 1819

In Evidence

Other stars in Lynx