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HR3256

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -49.79°   Az: 244.29°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3256 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3256 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR3256 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 HR3256 star
DSS2 image of HR3256. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3256 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 16m 06s
-50° 31’ 36”
07h 35m 08s
15h 51m 15s

J2000

08h 15m 23s
-50° 26’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

265.98°
-8.55°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3256 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3256.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.44
Giant

-0.32
K3III
3809K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3256 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3256. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3256 is distant 734.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

225.23
734.23
10 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO235838
SAO235838

Visibility from Your Location

HR3256 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK