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HR3480

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:43 | Tran: 17:45 | Set: 22:46
Alt: -27.40°   Az: 287.63°   Direction: West-North-West

HR3480 is a double giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3480 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR3480 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 HR3480 star
DSS2 image of HR3480. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3480 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 47m 20s
-11° 06’ 01”
08h 01m 42s
16h 49m 02s

J2000

08h 46m 06s
-11° 00’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

237°
19.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3480.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Giant

-4.10
K5III
3635K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3480 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3480. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3480 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3480 double sysyem:

6.25
9.75
3.5
2.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3480 is distant 3,835.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

1,176.47
3,835.29
34 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO154615
SAO154615

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3480 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.1°
Max altitude: 27.4°
Azimuth: 258.9°