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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 11:43 
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HR3243

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -6.87°   Az: 206.18°   Direction: South-South-West

HR3243 is a double bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3243 visual magnitude is 4.44. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3243 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR3243 star
DSS2 image of HR3243. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3243 during the next 10000 years (7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 14m 55s
-40° 25’ 28”
02h 20m 30s
10h 35m 26s

J2000

08h 14m 02s
-40° 20’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

257.35°
-3.21°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3243 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3243.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.44
Bright giant

-0.45
K1II
4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3243 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3243. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3243 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3243 double sysyem:

4.44
9.54
5.1
51.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3243 is distant 310.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

95.24
310.48
14 km/s
0.047 arcsec/y
-0.068"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO219635
SAO219635

Visibility from Your Location

HR3243 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK