HR3463

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:27 | Tran: 17:02 | Set: 18:37

Alt: -17.45° Az: 126.53° Direction: South-East

HR3463 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Pyxis.

HR3463 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR3463 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 HR3463. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3463 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 43m 56s

Declination -36° 02’ 09”

Hour Angle 19h 14m 15s

Sidereal Time 03h 58m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 42m 56s

Declination -35° 56’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 257.1°

Galactic Latitude 3.97°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.42

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.77

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature 9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3463 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3463. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3463 is distant 438.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 134.59

Distance (light year) 438.76

Radial Speed 8 km/s

Proper Motion Dec 0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD74475

SAO Catalogue SAO199535

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42775

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 4976

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3463 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.0° RISE 15:27

Max altitude: 2.5° TRANSIT 17:02

Azimuth: 234.0° SET 18:37

Set Location

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