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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:19 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:09
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HR3308

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:04 | Tran: 22:53 | Set: 2:45
Alt: -50.97°   Az: 302.94°   Direction: West-North-West

HR3308 is a star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3308 visual magnitude is 5.68. Because of its faintness, HR3308 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 HR3308 star
DSS2 image of HR3308. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3308 during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 26m 00s
-23° 14’ 11”
09h 39m 34s
18h 05m 34s

J2000

08h 24m 55s
-23° 09’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

244.38°
8.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3308.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.68

-0.75
A2
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3308 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3308. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3308 is distant 630.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

193.42
630.56
26 km/s
-0.041 arcsec/y
0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO175777
SAO175777

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3308 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.2°
Max altitude: 15.3°
Azimuth: 246.8°