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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR3278

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:03 | Tran: 16:52 | Set: 22:42
Alt: 36.42°   Az: 170.27°   Direction: South

HR3278 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3278 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, HR3278 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 HR3278 star
DSS2 image of HR3278. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3278 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 22m 37s
-01° 41’ 03”
23h 28m 44s
07h 51m 21s

J2000

08h 21m 20s
-01° 36’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

225.1°
19.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3278.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.5
Main-sequence

0.65
A2V
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3278 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3278. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3278 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 HR3278 double sysyem:

6.5
7.2
0.7
0.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3278 is distant 481.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

147.71
481.54
29 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
-0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO135804
SAO135804

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3278 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.7°
Max altitude: 36.8°
Azimuth: 268.3°