HR3291

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:42 | Tran: 8:06 | Set: 11:30

Alt: -21.00° Az: 106.45° Direction: East-South-East

HR3291 is a multiple supergiant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3291 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR3291 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 HR3291. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3291 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 23m 52s

Declination -26° 25’ 43”

Hour Angle 17h 55m 49s

Sideral Time 02h 19m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 22m 49s

Declination -26° 20’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 246.77°

Galactic Latitude 6.16°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3291.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.9

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -24.10

Spectral Type F3I

Color Index (B-V) 0.37

Temperature 7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3291 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3291. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3291 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3291 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.9

Secondary star magnitude 6

Magnitude difference 0.1

Separation 0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3291 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 65 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 10,000,000.00

Distance (light year) 32,600,000.00

Radial Speed 65 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD70761

SAO Catalogue SAO175709

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41074

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-25 5988

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS6782

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3291 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.4° RISE 4:42

Max altitude: 12.1° TRANSIT 8:06

Azimuth: 243.6° SET 11:30

Set Location

Other stars in Puppis