HR3345

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:18 | Tran: 15:21 | Set: 19:25

Alt: 17.19° Az: 187.25° Direction: South-South-West

HR3345 is a double giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Pyxis.

HR3345 visual magnitude is 6.67. Because of its faintness, HR3345 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR3345. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3345 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 30m 01s

Declination -21° 02’ 10”

Hour Angle 00h 29m 40s

Sidereal Time 08h 59m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 28m 53s

Declination -20° 57’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 243.07°

Galactic Latitude 10.36°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.67

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.40

Spectral Type B8III

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature 10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3345 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3345. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3345 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3345 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.67

Secondary star magnitude 12.47

Magnitude difference 5.8

Separation 18.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3345 is distant 1,341.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 411.52

Distance (light year) 1,341.56

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD71833

SAO Catalogue SAO175912

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41603

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 2549

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3345 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.0° RISE 11:18

Max altitude: 17.5° TRANSIT 15:21

Azimuth: 249.0° SET 19:25

Set Location

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