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Sunset: 17:05
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HR3248

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:55 | Tran: 22:52 | Set: 5:54
Alt: 38.07°   Az: 124.91°   Direction: South-East

HR3248 is a variable giant star of spectral class M7 in the constellation of Cancer.

HR3248 visual magnitude is 7.13. Because of its faintness, HR3248 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR3248 star
DSS2 image of HR3248. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3248 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 17m 56s
+11° 38’ 51”
21h 15m 03s
05h 33m 00s

J2000

08h 16m 33s
+11° 43’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

211.75°
24.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3248.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

7.13
Giant

-22.87
M7III
3705K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3248 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3248. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3248 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
32 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO97694
SAO97694

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3248 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.4°
Max altitude: 50.2°
Azimuth: 281.6°