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HR3456

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -7.27°   Az: 173.93°   Direction: South

HR3456 is a supergiant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3456 visual magnitude is 5.23. Because of its faintness, HR3456 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 HR3456 star
DSS2 image of HR3456. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3456 during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 42m 47s
-45° 30’ 03”
23h 25m 32s
08h 08m 20s

J2000

08h 41m 56s
-45° 24’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

264.44°
-2.01°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3456 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3456.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.23
Supergiant

-4.36
B6I
8086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3456 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3456. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3456 is distant 2,694.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

826.45
2,694.21
24 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO220300
SAO220300

Visibility from Your Location

HR3456 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK