HR3261

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:43 | Tran: 9:35 | Set: 12:28

Alt: 5.52° Az: 201.59° Direction: South-South-West

HR3261 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3261 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR3261 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 HR3261. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3261 during the next 10000 years (6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 18m 58s

Declination -30° 04’ 53”

Hour Angle 01h 40m 08s

Sideral Time 09h 59m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 17m 58s

Declination -30° 00’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 249.2°

Galactic Latitude 3.22°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3261.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.45

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.67

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.04

Temperature 4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3261 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3261. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3261 is distant 466.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 143.06

Distance (light year) 466.38

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.041 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD69879

SAO Catalogue SAO175543

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP40656

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-29 5897

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3261 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.1° RISE 6:43

Max altitude: 8.4° TRANSIT 9:35

Azimuth: 239.9° SET 12:28

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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