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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR3440

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -65.67°   Az: 110.84°   Direction: East-South-East

HR3440 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3440 visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, HR3440 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 HR3440 star
DSS2 image of HR3440. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3440 during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 40m 06s
-53° 31’ 49”
14h 41m 29s
23h 21m 36s

J2000

08h 39m 23s
-53° 26’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

270.59°
-7.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3440.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.48
Main-sequence

-0.22
B5V
12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3440 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3440. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3440 is distant 450.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

138.31
450.90
15 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO236151
SAO236151

Visibility from Your Location

HR3440 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK