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HR3349

Altitude: -69.7°   Azimuth: 246.7°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3349 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3349 visual magnitude is 6.53. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3349 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 HR3349:

6.53
Hypergiant

HR3349 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -69.7°
Azimuth: 246.7°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3349

HR3349 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3349 are provided in the following table:

08h 27m 27s
-55° 00’ 42”
270.85°
-9.55°
Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3349 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3349 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3349.

Visibility of HR3349 from your location

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

HR3349 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3349

The image below is a photograph of HR3349 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 HR3349 is -0.018 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3349 star
DSS2 image of HR3349. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3349 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3349 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3349 is distant 542.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

166.39 pc
542.43 ly
20 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/year
-0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3349

HR3349 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.42
A0V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3349 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3349. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3349

SAO236001
SAO236001