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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:49 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:06
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HR3479

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:55 | Tran: 17:04 | Set: 18:12
Alt: -36.73°   Az: 105.97°   Direction: East-South-East

HR3479 is a variable giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Pyxis.

HR3479 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its faintness, HR3479 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 HR3479 star
DSS2 image of HR3479. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3479 during the next 100000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 45m 50s
-37° 14’ 26”
17h 01m 49s
01h 47m 39s

J2000

08h 44m 51s
-37° 08’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

258.28°
3.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3479.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.76
Giant

-2.45
B2III
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3479 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3479. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3479 is distant 1,429.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

438.60
1,429.82
12 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO199573
SAO199573

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3479 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.2°
Max altitude: 1.3°
Azimuth: 232.8°