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HR3445

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -9.85°   Az: 165.61°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3445 is a variable and double supergiant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3445 visual magnitude is 3.84. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3445 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR3445 star
DSS2 image of HR3445. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3445 during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 41m 27s
-46° 44’ 18”
22h 36m 15s
07h 17m 42s

J2000

08h 40m 37s
-46° 38’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

265.28°
-2.95°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3445 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3445.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.84
Supergiant

-6.05
F3I
5568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3445 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3445. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3445 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3445 double sysyem:

3.84
10.74
6.9
37.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3445 is distant 3,104.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

952.38
3,104.76
25 km/s
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO220265
SAO220265

Visibility from Your Location

HR3445 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK