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HR3409

Altitude: 12.9°   Azimuth: 307.2°   Direction: North-West

HR3409 is a giant star in the constellation of Cancer.

HR3409 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3409 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR3409 is -0.024 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3409 star
DSS2 image of HR3409. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3409 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR3409

5.94
Giant

HR3409 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 12.9°
Azimuth: 307.2°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3409

HR3409 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3409 are provided in the following table:

08h 38m 18s
+32° 48’ 06”
190.51°
35.69°
Cancer

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3409 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3409 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3409.

Visibility of HR3409 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR3409 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.2°
Max altitude: 71.3°
Azimuth: 302.8°

Distance of HR3409 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3409 is distant 367.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

112.61 pc
367.12 ly
4 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/year
-0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3409

HR3409 belongs to spectral class K2

0.68
K2
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3409 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3409. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3409

SAO60939
SAO60939