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HR3232

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -75.42°   Az: 79.27°   Direction: East

HR3232 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3232 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its faintness, HR3232 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 HR3232 star
DSS2 image of HR3232. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3232 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 12m 46s
-46° 43’ 10”
13h 24m 34s
21h 37m 21s

J2000

08h 11m 59s
-46° 38’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

262.44°
-6.96°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3232 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3232.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.76
Supergiant

-2.50
F7I
6007K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3232 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3232. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3232 is distant 1,461.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

448.43
1,461.88
26 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO219587
SAO219587

Visibility from Your Location

HR3232 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK