HR3374

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:31 | Tran: 10:10 | Set: 14:49

Alt: -16.68° Az: 266.52° Direction: West

HR3374 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3374 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR3374 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 HR3374. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3374 during the next 10000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 33m 42s

Declination -15° 06’ 52”

Hour Angle 06h 31m 43s

Sideral Time 15h 05m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 32m 33s

Declination -15° 01’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 238.56°

Galactic Latitude 14.41°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3374.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.38

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.13

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.27

Temperature 7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3374 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3374. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3374 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3374 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.38

Secondary star magnitude 8.48

Magnitude difference 2.1

Separation 0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3374 is distant 231.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 70.92

Distance (light year) 231.21

Radial Speed 23 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.05 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.052"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD72462

SAO Catalogue SAO154373

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41893

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 2564

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3374 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.1° RISE 5:31

Max altitude: 23.4° TRANSIT 10:10

Azimuth: 254.9° SET 14:49

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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