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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR3237

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:40 | Tran: 13:38 | Set: 19:40
Alt: -48.99°   Az: 206.57°   Direction: South-South-West

HR3237 is a variable giant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3237 visual magnitude is 4.78. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3237 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 HR3237 star
DSS2 image of HR3237. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3237 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 14m 27s
-35° 58’ 41”
10h 34m 56s
18h 49m 23s

J2000

08h 13m 29s
-35° 53’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

253.58°
-0.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3237.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.78
Giant

-2.61
B1III
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3237 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3237. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3237 is distant 978.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

300.30
978.98
35 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198957
SAO198957

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3237 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 126.0°
Max altitude: 54.0°
Azimuth: 234.0°