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HR3238

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:08 | Tran: 17:20 | Set: 19:32
Alt: -49.61°   Az: 275.95°   Direction: West

HR3238 is a double giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3238 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR3238 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 HR3238 star
DSS2 image of HR3238. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3238 during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 14m 40s
-33° 38’ 50”
08h 37m 04s
16h 51m 44s

J2000

08h 13m 41s
-33° 34’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

251.66°
0.48°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3238.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Giant

1.06
K2III
4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3238 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3238. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3238 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3238 double sysyem:

6.37
13.07
6.7
6.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3238 is distant 376.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

115.61
376.88
26 km/s
0.033 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198960
SAO198960

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3238 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.6°
Max altitude: 4.9°
Azimuth: 236.4°