HR3242

HR3242 is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3242 visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3242 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 HR3242:

Color of HR3242 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3242 5.78

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3242 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3242

HR3242 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 HR3242 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 14m 13s

Declination J2000 -35° 29’ 26”

Galactic Longitude 253.32°

Galactic Latitude -0.49°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3242 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3242.

Visibility of HR3242 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 HR3242 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: 125.5° RISE 15:05

Max altitude: 3.0° TRANSIT 16:50

Azimuth: 234.5° SET 18:35

RIGHT NOW HR3242 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3242

The image below is a photograph of HR3242 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 HR3242 is -0.055 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3242. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3242 during the next 10000 years (-9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3242 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3242 is distant 226.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 69.54 pc

Distance (light year) 226.70 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.055 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3242

HR3242 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.57

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature of HR3242 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3242 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3242. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3242

Henry Draper Catalogue HD69123

SAO Catalogue SAO198979

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP40344

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 4365

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis