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HR3432

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -71.91°   Az: 220.60°   Direction: South-West

HR3432 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3432 visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its faintness, HR3432 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 HR3432 star
DSS2 image of HR3432. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3432 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 37m 45s
-62° 56’ 32”
10h 14m 28s
18h 52m 13s

J2000

08h 37m 18s
-62° 51’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

278.15°
-12.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3432.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.47
Hypergiant

0.41
K0III
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3432 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3432. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3432 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3432 double sysyem:

5.47
11.07
5.6
7.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3432 is distant 334.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

102.67
334.70
21 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO250288
SAO250288

Visibility from Your Location

HR3432 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK