HR3394

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:45 | Tran: 18:02 | Set: 1:24

Alt: 52.60° Az: 161.63° Direction: South-South-East

HR3394 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cancer.

HR3394 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR3394 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 HR3394. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3394 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 37m 32s

Declination +15° 13’ 27”

Hour Angle 23h 14m 13s

Sidereal Time 07h 51m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 36m 07s

Declination +15° 18’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 210.22°

Galactic Latitude 29.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3394.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.32

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.76

Spectral Type F0IV

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3394 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3394. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3394 is distant 266.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 81.77

Distance (light year) 266.56

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD72943

SAO Catalogue SAO97950

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42187

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 1851

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3394 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.8° RISE 10:45

Max altitude: 53.7° TRANSIT 18:02

Azimuth: 285.2° SET 1:24

Set Location

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