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HR3421

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -41.62°   Az: 254.27°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3421 is a sub-giant star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3421 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its faintness, HR3421 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR3421 star
DSS2 image of HR3421. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3421 during the next 1000 years (-5.13 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.55 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 38m 14s
-40° 14’ 07”
07h 18m 04s
15h 56m 19s

J2000

08h 37m 19s
-40° 08’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

259.76°
0.53°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3421 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3421.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.55
Sub-giant

4.36
G4IV
5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3421 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3421. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3421 is distant 89.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

27.47
89.56
-2 km/s
-0.308 arcsec/y
0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO199438
SAO199438

Visibility from Your Location

HR3421 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK