HR3233

Altitude: -47.8° Azimuth: 265.2° Direction: West

HR3233 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3233 visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3233 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 HR3233:

Color of HR3233 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3233 6.43

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3233 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -47.8°
Azimuth: 265.2°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3233

HR3233 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3233 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 12m 51s

Declination J2000 -37° 55’ 27”

Galactic Longitude 255.2°

Galactic Latitude -2.07°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3233 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3233.

Visibility of HR3233 from your location

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

Today's HR3233 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.9° RISE 15:34

Max altitude: 0.6° TRANSIT 16:21

Azimuth: 232.1° SET 17:08

RIGHT NOW HR3233 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3233

The image below is a photograph of HR3233 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 HR3233 is -0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3233. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3233 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3233 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3233 is distant 561.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 172.12 pc

Distance (light year) 561.10 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3233

HR3233 belongs to spectral class A3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.25

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.1

Temperature of HR3233 9028K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3233 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3233. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3233

Henry Draper Catalogue HD68862

SAO Catalogue SAO198942

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP40220

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 4394

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis