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HR3487

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -14.61°   Az: 209.67°   Direction: South-South-West

HR3487 is a giant star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3487 visual magnitude is 3.91. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3487 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.

Image of HR3487 star
DSS2 image of HR3487. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3487 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 46m 52s
-46° 07’ 59”
02h 54m 52s
11h 41m 45s

J2000

08h 46m 01s
-46° 02’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

265.38°
-1.84°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3487 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3487.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.91
Giant

-4.48
A1III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3487 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3487. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3487 is distant 1,552.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

476.19
1,552.38
24 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO220422
SAO220422

Visibility from Your Location

HR3487 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK