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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR3300

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -58.72°   Az: 112.08°   Direction: East-South-East

HR3300 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3300 visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, HR3300 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 HR3300 star
DSS2 image of HR3300. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3300 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 23m 37s
-52° 12’ 23”
15h 26m 56s
23h 50m 34s

J2000

08h 22m 55s
-52° 07’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

268.05°
-8.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3300.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.85
Hypergiant

1.53
A0V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3300 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3300. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3300 is distant 238.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

73.10
238.30
3 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO235933
SAO235933

Visibility from Your Location

HR3300 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK