HR3348

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:43 | Tran: 15:28 | Set: 2:18

Alt: 51.17° Az: 269.24° Direction: South-West

HR3348 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Lynx.

HR3348 visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, HR3348 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.

DSS2 image of HR3348. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3348 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 32m 58s

Declination +37° 10’ 42”

Hour Angle 03h 27m 35s

Sidereal Time 12h 00m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 31m 19s

Declination +37° 15’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 184.8°

Galactic Latitude 35.11°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.18

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.74

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3348 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3348. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3348 is distant 789.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 242.13

Distance (light year) 789.35

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD71906

SAO Catalogue SAO60866

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41798

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+37 1870

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3348 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.8° RISE 4:43

Max altitude: 75.7° TRANSIT 15:28

Azimuth: 307.2° SET 2:18

Set Location

Other stars in Lynx