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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR3247

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -15.45°   Az: 159.09°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3247 is a variable giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3247 visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its faintness, HR3247 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 HR3247 star
DSS2 image of HR3247. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3247 during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 14m 18s
-50° 16’ 27”
21h 49m 42s
06h 04m 00s

J2000

08h 13m 34s
-50° 11’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

265.6°
-8.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3247.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.51
Giant

-1.31
M1III
3635K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3247 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3247. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3247 is distant 752.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

230.95
752.89
-7 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO235819
SAO235819

Visibility from Your Location

HR3247 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK