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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR3409

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:46 | Tran: 23:18 | Set: 8:54
Alt: 1.77°   Az: 326.03°   Direction: North-West

HR3409 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Cancer.

HR3409 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR3409 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 39m 52s
+32° 42’ 45”
09h 13m 40s
17h 53m 33s

J2000

08h 38m 18s
+32° 48’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

190.51°
35.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3409.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Giant

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
367.12
4 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO60939
SAO60939

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 57.3°
Max altitude: 71.2°
Azimuth: 302.7°