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HR3470

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 29.09°   Az: 9.02°   Direction: North

HR3470 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

HR3470 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR3470 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 HR3470 star
DSS2 image of HR3470. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3470 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 51m 03s
+66° 36’ 51”
13h 20m 48s
22h 11m 51s

J2000

08h 48m 49s
+66° 42’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

148.23°
36.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3470.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
Main-sequence

0.21
B8V
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3470 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3470. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3470 is distant 514.20 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

157.73
514.20
5 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO14667
SAO14667

Visibility from Your Location

HR3470 is circumpolar and transits at 03:45 UTC (altitude: 74.9°)