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HR3261

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:38 | Tran: 22:30 | Set: 1:26
Alt: -67.21°   Az: 335.84°   Direction: North-North-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.

Image of HR3261 star
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

08h 18m 59s
-30° 04’ 58”
11h 17m 46s
19h 36m 46s

J2000

08h 17m 58s
-30° 00’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

249.2°
3.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3261.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.45
Hypergiant

0.67
K0III
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3261 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR 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.

143.06
466.38
-12 km/s
0.041 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO175543
SAO175543

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°
Max altitude: 8.4°
Azimuth: 239.9°