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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR3239

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:47 | Tran: 17:16 | Set: 19:46
Alt: 2.51°   Az: 155.77°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3239 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3239 visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, HR3239 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 HR3239 star
DSS2 image of HR3239. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3239 during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 15m 11s
-32° 13’ 09”
22h 04m 02s
06h 19m 14s

J2000

08h 14m 11s
-32° 08’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

250.52°
1.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3239.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.06
Main-sequence

-2.36
B1V
12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3239 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3239. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3239 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 HR3239 double sysyem:

6.06
13.06
7
29.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3239 is distant 1,574.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 49 kilometers per second.

483.09
1,574.88
-49 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198972
SAO198972

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3239 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.2°
Max altitude: 6.3°
Azimuth: 237.8°