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HR3217

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -26.24°   Az: 188.86°   Direction: South

HR3217 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3217 visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its faintness, HR3217 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 HR3217 star
DSS2 image of HR3217. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3217 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 08m 43s
-63° 52’ 29”
01h 13m 09s
09h 21m 52s

J2000

08h 08m 24s
-63° 48’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

277.2°
-16.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3217.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.28
Main-sequence

-0.62
B6V
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3217 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3217. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3217 is distant 781.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

239.81
781.77
30 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO250127
SAO250127

Visibility from Your Location

HR3217 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK