HR3196

HR3196 is a double giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3196 visual magnitude is 6.65. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3196 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 HR3196:

Color of HR3196 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3196 6.65

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3196 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3196

HR3196 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3196 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 09m 06s

Declination J2000 -30° 19’ 21”

Galactic Longitude 248.41°

Galactic Latitude 1.44°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3196 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3196.

Visibility of HR3196 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 HR3196 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: 120.3° RISE 13:55

Max altitude: 8.2° TRANSIT 16:45

Azimuth: 239.7° SET 19:35

RIGHT NOW HR3196 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3196

The image below is a photograph of HR3196 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 HR3196 is 0.024 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3196. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3196 during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3196 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3196 is distant 686.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 210.53 pc

Distance (light year) 686.32 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.024 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3196

HR3196 belongs to spectral class K5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.03

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.4

Temperature of HR3196 3950K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3196 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3196. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR3196 star system properties

HR3196 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3196 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.65

Secondary star magnitude 10.85

Magnitude difference 4.2

Separation 1.1 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR3196

Henry Draper Catalogue HD67921

SAO Catalogue SAO198854

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39914

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-29 5620

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis