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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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HR3472

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:55 | Tran: 17:40 | Set: 23:24
Alt: -17.39°   Az: 71.68°   Direction: East-North-East

HR3472 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3472 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, HR3472 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 HR3472 star
DSS2 image of HR3472. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3472 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 46m 37s
-02° 41’ 40”
16h 20m 21s
01h 06m 58s

J2000

08h 45m 20s
-02° 36’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

229.28°
23.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3472.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.41
Sub-giant

1.71
F2IV
6300K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3472 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3472. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3472 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3472 double sysyem:

6.41
7.11
0.7
4.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3472 is distant 283.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

86.96
283.48
-18 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO136243
SAO136243

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3472 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.7°
Max altitude: 35.8°
Azimuth: 267.3°