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HR3351

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 15.31°   Az: 350.43°   Direction: North

HR3351 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Lynx.

HR3351 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, HR3351 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 HR3351 star
DSS2 image of HR3351. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3351 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 34m 26s
+53° 01’ 37”
10h 58m 07s
19h 32m 34s

J2000

08h 32m 33s
+53° 06’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

165.3°
36.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3351.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.24
Hypergiant

2.35
K0IV
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3351 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3351. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3351 is distant 195.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 44 kilometers per second.

60.06
195.80
44 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
-0.077"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO26896
SAO26896

Visibility from Your Location

HR3351 is circumpolar and transits at 16:24 UTC (altitude: 88.5°)