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public  Sixmilebridge, Irlanda Sixmilebridge, Irlanda  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Dublin
Sunrise: 5:17 
Transit: 13:39 
Sunset: 22:00
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HR3338

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:10 | Tran: 15:21 | Set: 20:31
Alt: 4.14°   Az: 110.58°   Direction: East-South-East

HR3338 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3338 visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its faintness, HR3338 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 HR3338 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 29m 33s
-08° 54’ 07”
19h 16m 15s
03h 45m 49s

J2000

08h 28m 19s
-08° 48’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

232.55°
16.91°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3338.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.43
Hypergiant

-0.65
K0
4309K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

260.42
848.96
11 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO135956
SAO135956

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3338 rise, transit and set times from Sixmilebridge, Irlanda are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Dublin):

Azimuth: 98.9°
Max altitude: 28.4°
Azimuth: 261.1°