HR3453

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:42 | Tran: 14:34 | Set: 16:26

Alt: -36.19° Az: 231.84° Direction: South-West

HR3453 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3453 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR3453 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.

DSS2 image of HR3453. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3453 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 41m 53s

Declination -49° 00’ 52”

Hour Angle 06h 58m 31s

Sidereal Time 15h 40m 25s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 41m 05s

Declination -48° 55’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 267.13°

Galactic Latitude -4.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3453.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.9

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -2.56

Spectral Type B1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.21

Temperature 13831K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3453 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3453. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3453 is distant 1,605.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 492.61

Distance (light year) 1,605.91

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD74273

SAO Catalogue SAO220282

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42614

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-48 4020

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3453 rise, transit and set times from Palo Alto, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Los_Angeles):

Azimuth: 139.0° RISE 12:42

Max altitude: 3.5° TRANSIT 14:34

Azimuth: 221.0° SET 16:26

Name:	Palo Alto, United States
Latitude:	37° 26' 30.8" N
Longitude:	122° 8' 34.8" W
Timezone:	America/Los_Angeles

Set Location

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