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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR3242

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:52 | Tran: 17:36 | Set: 19:20
Alt: -50.79°   Az: 86.43°   Direction: East

HR3242 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3242 visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, HR3242 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 HR3242 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 15m 11s
-35° 34’ 07”
15h 23m 27s
23h 38m 38s

J2000

08h 14m 13s
-35° 29’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

253.32°
-0.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3242.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.78
Giant

1.57
K1III
4695K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

69.54
226.70
27 km/s
-0.055 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198979
SAO198979

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3242 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.6°
Max altitude: 3.0°
Azimuth: 234.4°