HR3490

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:42 | Tran: 15:39 | Set: 17:37

Alt: 3.69° Az: 184.15° Direction: South-South-West

HR3490 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Pyxis.

HR3490 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR3490 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.

DSS2 image of HR3490. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3490 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 47m 50s

Declination -34° 43’ 02”

Hour Angle 00h 20m 09s

Sidereal Time 09h 07m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 46m 49s

Declination -34° 37’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 256.54°

Galactic Latitude 5.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3490.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.82

Spectral Type B4V

Color Index (B-V) -0.13

Temperature 12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3490 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3490. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3490 is distant 895.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 274.73

Distance (light year) 895.60

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.021 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD75112

SAO Catalogue SAO199607

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP43114

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-34 5243

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 4251

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3490 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.7° RISE 13:42

Max altitude: 3.8° TRANSIT 15:39

Azimuth: 235.3° SET 17:37

Set Location

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