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HR3457

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -31.01°   Az: 210.14°   Direction: South-South-West

HR3457 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3457 visual magnitude is 4.33. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3457 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 HR3457 star
DSS2 image of HR3457. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3457 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 41m 10s
-59° 51’ 08”
03h 55m 49s
12h 36m 59s

J2000

08h 40m 36s
-59° 45’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

275.82°
-10.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3457.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.33
Giant

-3.85
B1III
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3457 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3457. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3457 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 HR3457 double sysyem:

4.33
13.23
8.9
15.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3457 is distant 1,411.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

432.90
1,411.26
13 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO236181
SAO236181

Visibility from Your Location

HR3457 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK