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public  Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Tokyo
Sunrise: 4:55 
Transit: 12:05 
Sunset: 19:16
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HR3253

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:32 | Tran: 13:32 | Set: 17:33
Alt: 5.78°   Az: 141.52°   Direction: South-East

HR3253 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3253 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its faintness, HR3253 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 HR3253 star
DSS2 image of HR3253. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3253 during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 16m 56s
-35° 58’ 56”
20h 40m 21s
04h 57m 17s

J2000

08h 15m 58s
-35° 54’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

253.86°
-0.43°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3253.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.16
Giant

-2.66
K2III
3720K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3253 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3253. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3253 is distant 1,895.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

581.40
1,895.35
30 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO199015
SAO199015

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3253 rise, transit and set times from Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Tokyo):

Azimuth: 126.0°
Max altitude: 19.8°
Azimuth: 234.0°