HR3477

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -61.28° Az: 88.57° Direction: East

HR3477 is a double giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3477 visual magnitude is 4.07. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3477 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.

DSS2 image of HR3477. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3477 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 45m 17s

Declination -42° 44’ 24”

Hour Angle 14h 43m 23s

Sidereal Time 23h 28m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 44m 24s

Declination -42° 38’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 262.54°

Galactic Latitude 0.05°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3477.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.07

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.16

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.87

Temperature 5078K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3477 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3477. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3477 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 HR3477 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.07

Secondary star magnitude 11.17

Magnitude difference 7.1

Separation 45.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3477 is distant 228.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 70.08

Distance (light year) 228.45

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD74772

SAO Catalogue SAO220371

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42884

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-42 4569

Gliese Catalogue Gl 321.1

Visibility from Your Location

HR3477 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Vela