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HR3234

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -8.99°   Az: 167.81°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3234 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3234 visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its faintness, HR3234 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 HR3234 star
DSS2 image of HR3234. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3234 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 13m 19s
-46° 20’ 29”
22h 49m 40s
07h 02m 59s

J2000

08h 12m 30s
-46° 15’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

262.17°
-6.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3234.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.03
Main-sequence

-0.65
B5V
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3234 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3234. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3234 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 HR3234 double sysyem:

6.03
6.83
0.8
0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3234 is distant 705.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

216.45
705.63
13 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO219602
SAO219602

Visibility from Your Location

HR3234 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK