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HR3200

Altitude: 34.3°   Azimuth: 40.3°   Direction: North-East

HR3200 is a giant star in the constellation of Lynx.

HR3200 visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3200 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 HR3200:

5.85
Giant

HR3200 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 34.3°
Azimuth: 40.3°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3200

HR3200 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 HR3200 are provided in the following table:

08h 13m 50s
+56° 27’ 07”
161.31°
33.58°
Lynx

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3200 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3200 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3200.

Visibility of HR3200 from your location

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

HR3200 is circumpolar and transits at 03:07 UTC (altitude: 85.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3200

The image below is a photograph of HR3200 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 HR3200 is -0.022 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.033 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3200 star
DSS2 image of HR3200. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3200 during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3200 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3200 is distant 494.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

151.75 pc
494.69 ly
7 km/s
-0.022 arcsec/year
-0.033 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3200

HR3200 belongs to spectral class G9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.06
G9III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3200 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3200. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3200

SAO26732
SAO26732