HR3286

Altitude: -5.6° Azimuth: 155.0° Direction: South-South-East

HR3286 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3286 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3286 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 HR3286:

Color of HR3286 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3286 6.16

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3286 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -5.6°
Azimuth: 155.0°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3286

HR3286 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 HR3286 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 21m 24s

Declination J2000 -39° 37’ 14”

Galactic Longitude 257.54°

Galactic Latitude -1.64°

Constellation Puppis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3286 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3286.

Visibility of HR3286 from your location

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

HR3286 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3286

The image below is a photograph of HR3286 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 HR3286 is 0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3286. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3286 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3286 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3286 is distant 218.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 67.16 pc

Distance (light year) 218.94 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.011 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3286

HR3286 belongs to spectral class A3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 2.02

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.17

Temperature of HR3286 8403K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3286 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3286. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3286

Henry Draper Catalogue HD70612

SAO Catalogue SAO199123

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP40947

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-39 4245

FK5 Catalogue 2648

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