HR3267

Altitude: -62.1° Azimuth: 286.8° Direction: West-North-West

HR3267 is a double hypergiant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3267 visual magnitude is 6.7. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3267 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR3267:

Color of HR3267 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3267 6.7

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3267 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -62.1°
Azimuth: 286.8°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3267

HR3267 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3267 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 18m 12s

Declination J2000 -37° 22’ 27”

Galactic Longitude 255.33°

Galactic Latitude -0.88°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3267 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3267.

Visibility of HR3267 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR3267 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.4° RISE 15:18

Max altitude: 1.1° TRANSIT 16:23

Azimuth: 232.6° SET 17:28

RIGHT NOW HR3267 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3267

The image below is a photograph of HR3267 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR3267 is -0.022 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.019 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3267. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3267 during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3267 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3267 is distant 1,336.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 409.84 pc

Distance (light year) 1,336.07 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.022 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.019 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3267

HR3267 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.36

Spectral Type A0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.23

Temperature of HR3267 7938K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3267 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3267. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR3267 star system properties

HR3267 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3267 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.7

Secondary star magnitude 7.5

Magnitude difference 0.8

Separation 1.9 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR3267

Henry Draper Catalogue HD70003

SAO Catalogue SAO199059

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP40673

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-36 4443

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis