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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:51 
Transit: 13:04 
Sunset: 21:17
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HR3434

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:27 | Tran: 14:49 | Set: 16:10
Alt: -11.80°   Az: 135.88°   Direction: South-East

HR3434 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Pyxis.

HR3434 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, HR3434 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 HR3434 star
DSS2 image of HR3434. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3434 during the next 1000 years (-2.85 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 40m 21s
-36° 41’ 53”
20h 07m 11s
04h 47m 32s

J2000

08h 39m 22s
-36° 36’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

257.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3434.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Sub-giant

3.11
F1IV
6776K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3434 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3434. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3434 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3434 double sysyem:

6.13
7.63
1.5
0.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3434 is distant 131.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

40.23
131.13
9 km/s
-0.171 arcsec/y
0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO199473
SAO199473

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3434 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.7°
Max altitude: 1.8°
Azimuth: 233.3°