HR3259

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:17 | Tran: 8:09 | Set: 13:02

Alt: 10.60° Az: 126.47° Direction: South-East

HR3259 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3259 visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, HR3259 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.

DSS2 image of HR3259. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3259 during the next 100 years (0.45 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.63 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 19m 33s

Declination -12° 42’ 37”

Hour Angle 20h 23m 30s

Sideral Time 04h 43m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 18m 23s

Declination -12° 37’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 234.55°

Galactic Latitude 12.83°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3259.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.98

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 5.48

Spectral Type G7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.76

Temperature 5404K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3259 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3259. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3259 is distant 41.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 12.58

Distance (light year) 41.02

Radial Speed 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.267 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.979"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD69830

SAO Catalogue SAO154093

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP40693

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-12 2449

Gliese Catalogue Gl 302

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3259 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.7° RISE 3:17

Max altitude: 25.8° TRANSIT 8:09

Azimuth: 257.3° SET 13:02

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis