HR3293

HR3293 is a variable giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3293 visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3293 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 HR3293:

Color of HR3293 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3293 5.97

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3293 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3293

HR3293 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 HR3293 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 21m 11s

Declination J2000 -57° 58’ 23”

Galactic Longitude 272.87°

Galactic Latitude -11.91°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3293 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3293.

Visibility of HR3293 from your location

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

HR3293 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3293

The image below is a photograph of HR3293 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 HR3293 is -0.007 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3293. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3293 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 15.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3293 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3293 is distant 2,379.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 729.93 pc

Distance (light year) 2,379.56 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3293

HR3293 belongs to spectral class B1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -3.35

Spectral Type B1III

Color Index (B-V) -0.09

Temperature of HR3293 11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3293 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3293. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3293

Henry Draper Catalogue HD70839

SAO Catalogue SAO235917

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP40932

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-57 1490

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Var?

In Evidence

Other stars in Carina