HR3342

Altitude: 12.5° Azimuth: 123.8° Direction: South-East

HR3342 is a giant star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3342 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3342 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 HR3342:

Color of HR3342 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3342 6

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3342 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 12.5°
Azimuth: 123.8°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3342

HR3342 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 HR3342 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 28m 50s

Declination J2000 -09° 44’ 53”

Galactic Longitude 233.45°

Galactic Latitude 16.53°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3342 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3342.

Visibility of HR3342 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 HR3342 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: 99.7° RISE 11:29

Max altitude: 28.8° TRANSIT 16:37

Azimuth: 260.3° SET 21:46

RIGHT NOW HR3342 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3342

The image below is a photograph of HR3342 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 HR3342 is -0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3342. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3342 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3342 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3342 is distant 984.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 302.11 pc

Distance (light year) 984.89 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3342

HR3342 belongs to spectral class F2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.40

Spectral Type F2III

Color Index (B-V) 0.42

Temperature of HR3342 6776K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3342 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3342. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3342

Henry Draper Catalogue HD71766

SAO Catalogue SAO135965

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41597

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 2532

In Evidence

Other stars in Hydra