HR3183

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:37 | Tran: 7:43 | Set: 11:48

Alt: 17.53° Az: 188.12° Direction: South

HR3183 is a double bright giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3183 visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, HR3183 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 HR3183. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3183 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 08m 23s

Declination -20° 37’ 39”

Hour Angle 00h 33m 05s

Sideral Time 08h 41m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 07m 18s

Declination -20° 33’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 239.93°

Galactic Latitude 6.36°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3183.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.38

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -2.49

Spectral Type A5II

Color Index (B-V) 0.1

Temperature 9028K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3183 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3183. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3183 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3183 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.38

Secondary star magnitude 14.58

Magnitude difference 9.2

Separation 13.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3183 is distant 1,220.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 374.53

Distance (light year) 1,220.97

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD67456

SAO Catalogue SAO175206

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39734

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 2395

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3183 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.6° RISE 3:37

Max altitude: 17.9° TRANSIT 7:43

Azimuth: 249.4° SET 11:48

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis