HR3388

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:20 | Tran: 14:35 | Set: 14:50

Alt: -36.13° Az: 108.63° Direction: East-South-East

HR3388 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3388 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, HR3388 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 HR3388. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3388 during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 34m 17s

Declination -38° 27’ 33”

Hour Angle 17h 11m 14s

Sidereal Time 01h 45m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 33m 19s

Declination -38° 22’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 257.87°

Galactic Latitude 0.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3388.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.49

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.62

Spectral Type B2V

Color Index (B-V) -0.18

Temperature 13121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3388 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3388. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3388 is distant 1,364.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 418.41

Distance (light year) 1,364.02

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD72787

SAO Catalogue SAO199363

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41970

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 4850

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Var?

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3388 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.5° RISE 14:20

Max altitude: 0.1° TRANSIT 14:35

Azimuth: 231.5° SET 14:50

Set Location

Other stars in Vela