HR3338

Altitude: -42.2° Azimuth: 36.2° Direction: North-East

HR3338 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3338 visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3338 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 HR3338:

Color of HR3338 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3338 6.43

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3338 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -42.2°
Azimuth: 36.2°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3338

HR3338 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3338 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 28m 19s

Declination J2000 -08° 48’ 57”

Galactic Longitude 232.55°

Galactic Latitude 16.91°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3338 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3338.

Visibility of HR3338 from your location

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

Today's HR3338 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.8° RISE 11:11

Max altitude: 29.7° TRANSIT 16:25

Azimuth: 261.2° SET 21:38

RIGHT NOW HR3338 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3338

The image below is a photograph of HR3338 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 HR3338 is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.04 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3338. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3338 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3338 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3338 is distant 848.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 260.42 pc

Distance (light year) 848.96 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.04 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3338

HR3338 belongs to spectral class K0

Absolute magnitude -0.65

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.2

Temperature of HR3338 4309K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3338 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3338. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3338

Henry Draper Catalogue HD71665

SAO Catalogue SAO135956

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41547

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 2374

In Evidence

Other stars in Hydra