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.

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

Right Ascension 08h 14m 40s

Declination -33° 38’ 50”

Hour Angle 08h 37m 04s

Sidereal Time 16h 51m 44s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 13m 41s

Declination -33° 34’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 251.66°

Galactic Latitude 0.48°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.06

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.14

Temperature 4430K

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

Main star magnitude 6.37

Secondary star magnitude 13.07

Magnitude difference 6.7

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 115.61

Distance (light year) 376.88

Radial Speed 26 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.033 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD69002

SAO Catalogue SAO198960

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP40291

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-33 4705

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° RISE 15:08

Max altitude: 4.9° TRANSIT 17:20

Azimuth: 236.4° SET 19:32

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis