HR3332

Altitude: 45.2° Azimuth: 330.1° Direction: North-North-West

HR3332 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Ursa Major.

HR3332 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3332 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR3332:

Color of HR3332 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3332 6.31

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3332 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 45.2°
Azimuth: 330.1°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3332

HR3332 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3332 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 32m 53s

Declination J2000 +69° 19’ 11”

Galactic Longitude 145.61°

Galactic Latitude 34.14°

Constellation Ursa Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3332 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3332.

Visibility of HR3332 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR3332 is circumpolar and transits at 03:30 UTC (altitude: 72.2°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3332

The image below is a photograph of HR3332 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR3332 is 0.03 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.027 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3332. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3332 during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3332 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3332 is distant 618.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 189.75 pc

Distance (light year) 618.60 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -30 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.03 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.027 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3332

HR3332 belongs to spectral class K0

Absolute magnitude -0.08

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.35

Temperature of HR3332 4034K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3332 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3332. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3332

Henry Draper Catalogue HD71553

SAO Catalogue SAO14582

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41927

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+69 472

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