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HR3317

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:44 | Tran: 23:09 | Set: 3:38
Alt: 4.04°   Az: 124.98°   Direction: South-East

HR3317 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR3317 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR3317 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 HR3317 star
DSS2 image of HR3317. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3317 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 26m 48s
-17° 31’ 21”
20h 04m 01s
04h 30m 49s

J2000

08h 25m 39s
-17° 26’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

239.67°
11.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3317.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.44
Hypergiant

-0.21
K0
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3317 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3317. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3317 is distant 698.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

214.13
698.07
-13 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO154240
SAO154240

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3317 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.5°
Max altitude: 21.0°
Azimuth: 252.5°