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public  South Grafton, Australia South Grafton, Australia  ⓘ
TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 6:45 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 16:59
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HR3225

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:24 | Tran: 13:18 | Set: 21:09
Alt: -10.74°   Az: 148.95°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3225 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3225 visual magnitude is 4.45. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3225 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR3225 star
DSS2 image of HR3225. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3225 during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 12m 16s
-39° 41’ 45”
14h 44m 47s
22h 57m 04s

J2000

08h 11m 21s
-39° 37’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

256.45°
-3.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3225.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.45
Supergiant

-4.35
K3I
3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3225 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3225. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3225 is distant 1,873.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

574.71
1,873.56
16 km/s
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198908
SAO198908

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3225 rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 129.7°
Max altitude: 80.0°
Azimuth: 230.3°