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Sunset: 20:48
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HR3291

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:13 | Tran: 17:37 | Set: 21:01
Alt: -19.07°   Az: 251.22°   Direction: West-South-West

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.

Image of HR3291 star
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

08h 23m 54s
-26° 25’ 50”
05h 51m 08s
14h 15m 02s

J2000

08h 22m 49s
-26° 20’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

246.77°
6.16°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3291.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Supergiant

-24.10
F3I
7044K

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

HR 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:

5.9
6
0.1
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.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
65 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO175709
SAO175709

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°
Max altitude: 12.1°
Azimuth: 243.6°