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HR3190

Altitude: -42.1°   Azimuth: 292.5°   Direction: West-North-West

HR3190 is a double sub-giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3190 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3190 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 HR3190:

6.36
Sub-giant

HR3190 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -42.1°
Azimuth: 292.5°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3190

HR3190 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3190 are provided in the following table:

08h 08m 43s
-20° 21’ 47”
239.95°
6.74°
Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3190 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3190 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3190.

Visibility of HR3190 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 HR3190 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: 110.4°
Max altitude: 18.2°
Azimuth: 249.6°
HR3190 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3190

The image below is a photograph of HR3190 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 HR3190 is -0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3190 star
DSS2 image of HR3190. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3190 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3190 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3190 is distant 1,448.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

444.44 pc
1,448.89 ly
28 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3190

HR3190 belongs to spectral class A7 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

-1.88
A7IV
8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3190 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3190. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR3190 star system properties

HR3190 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 HR3190 double sysyem:

6.36
12.96
6.6
20.2 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR3190

SAO175250
SAO175250