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HR3404

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -44.57°   Az: 257.70°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3404 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3404 visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its faintness, HR3404 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 HR3404 star
DSS2 image of HR3404. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3404 during the next 10000 years (14.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 36m 07s
-40° 03’ 24”
07h 38m 18s
16h 14m 25s

J2000

08h 35m 12s
-39° 58’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

259.37°
0.31°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3404 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3404.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.47
Main-sequence

3.67
G1V
6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3404 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3404. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3404 is distant 118.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

36.32
118.42
34 km/s
0.087 arcsec/y
0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO199402
SAO199402

Visibility from Your Location

HR3404 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK