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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR3231

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:41 | Tran: 16:46 | Set: 23:51
Alt: 46.71°   Az: 143.92°   Direction: South-East

HR3231 is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Cancer.

HR3231 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR3231 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 HR3231 star
DSS2 image of HR3231. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3231 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 15m 45s
+12° 58’ 10”
22h 22m 04s
06h 37m 50s

J2000

08h 14m 21s
+13° 02’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

210.19°
24.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3231.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.38
Giant

-0.50
G8III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3231 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3231. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3231 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3231 double sysyem:

6.38
11.98
5.6
22.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3231 is distant 776.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

238.10
776.19
25 km/s
-0.021 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO97671
SAO97671

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3231 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.0°
Max altitude: 51.5°
Azimuth: 283.0°