HR3437

Altitude: 26.2° Azimuth: 205.9° Direction: South-South-West

HR3437 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3437 visual magnitude is 6.63. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3437 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR3437:

Color of HR3437 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3437 6.63

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3437 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 26.2°
Azimuth: 205.9°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3437

HR3437 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3437 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 41m 01s

Declination J2000 -09° 03’ 06”

Galactic Longitude 234.54°

Galactic Latitude 19.43°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3437 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3437.

Visibility of HR3437 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 HR3437 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: 99.1° RISE 22:10

Max altitude: 29.5° TRANSIT 3:26

Azimuth: 260.9° SET 8:38

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3437

The image below is a photograph of HR3437 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR3437 is -0.033 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3437. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3437 during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3437 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3437 is distant 427.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 131.06 pc

Distance (light year) 427.26 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.033 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3437

HR3437 belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 1.04

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature of HR3437 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3437 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3437. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3437

Henry Draper Catalogue HD73997

SAO Catalogue SAO136176

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42606

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 2452

FK5 Catalogue 2682

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