HR3471

HR3471 is a giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3471 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3471 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR3471:

Color of HR3471 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3471 6.29

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3471 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3471

HR3471 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3471 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 42m 20s

Declination J2000 -55° 46’ 27”

Galactic Longitude 272.73°

Galactic Latitude -8.29°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3471 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3471.

Visibility of HR3471 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR3471 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3471

The image below is a photograph of HR3471 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR3471 is -0.072 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.053 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3471. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3471 during the next 10000 years (-12.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3471 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3471 is distant 330.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 75 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 101.42 pc

Distance (light year) 330.63 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 75 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.072 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.053 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3471

HR3471 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.26

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.18

Temperature of HR3471 4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3471 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3471. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3471

Henry Draper Catalogue HD74622

SAO Catalogue SAO236206

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42717

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-55 1688

In Evidence

Other stars in Carina