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HR3194

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:36 | Tran: 17:08 | Set: 21:40
Alt: 2.33°   Az: 239.81°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3194 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3194 visual magnitude is 5.68. Because of its faintness, HR3194 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 HR3194 star
DSS2 image of HR3194. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3194 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 10m 38s
-16° 19’ 29”
04h 16m 35s
12h 27m 13s

J2000

08h 09m 28s
-16° 14’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

236.53°
9.08°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3194.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.68
Main-sequence

-1.57
B2V
12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3194 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3194. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3194 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 HR3194 double sysyem:

5.68
12.38
6.7
5.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3194 is distant 920.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

282.49
920.90
33 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO153898
SAO153898

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3194 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.3°
Max altitude: 22.2°
Azimuth: 253.7°