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HR3359

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -51.81°   Az: 256.51°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3359 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3359 visual magnitude is 4.99. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3359 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR3359 star
DSS2 image of HR3359. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3359 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 30m 17s
-44° 48’ 33”
08h 08m 16s
16h 38m 34s

J2000

08h 29m 27s
-44° 43’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

262.57°
-3.36°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3359 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3359.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.99
Sub-giant

-6.65
B2IV
12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3359 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3359. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3359 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 HR3359 double sysyem:

4.99
6.69
1.7
4.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3359 is distant 6,936.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

2,127.66
6,936.17
22 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO219996
SAO219996

Visibility from Your Location

HR3359 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK