HR 3159

Summary

HR 3159 is a single star in the southern constellation of Carina, positioned near the southern constellation border with Volans. It has the Bayer designation D Carinae; HR 3159 is the Bright Star Catalogue designation. This object has a blue-white hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.81. It is located at a distance of approximately 466 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 22 km/s.