HR3279

Altitude: -38.1° Azimuth: 286.5° Direction: West-North-West

HR3279 is a giant star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3279 visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3279 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 HR3279:

Color of HR3279 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3279 5.58

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3279 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -38.1°
Azimuth: 286.5°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3279

HR3279 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3279 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 21m 21s

Declination J2000 -20° 04’ 45”

Galactic Longitude 241.33°

Galactic Latitude 9.38°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3279 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3279.

Visibility of HR3279 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 HR3279 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: 110.1° RISE 12:20

Max altitude: 18.4° TRANSIT 16:30

Azimuth: 249.9° SET 20:39

RIGHT NOW HR3279 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3279

The image below is a photograph of HR3279 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 HR3279 is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.013 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3279. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3279 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3279 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3279 is distant 449.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 137.93 pc

Distance (light year) 449.66 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.013 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3279

HR3279 belongs to spectral class G2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.12

Spectral Type G2III

Color Index (B-V) 0.77

Temperature of HR3279 5373K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3279 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3279. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3279

Henry Draper Catalogue HD70442

SAO Catalogue SAO154150

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP40944

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-19 2369

FK5 Catalogue 2647

In Evidence

Other stars in Puppis