HR3493

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:50 | Tran: 18:14 | Set: 23:39

Alt: -18.39° Az: 282.80° Direction: West-North-West

HR3493 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3493 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR3493 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 HR3493. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3493 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 49m 20s

Declination -06° 39’ 12”

Hour Angle 07h 25m 15s

Sidereal Time 16h 14m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 48m 04s

Declination -06° 33’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 233.32°

Galactic Latitude 22.26°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.09

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.46

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.28

Temperature 4158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3493 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3493. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3493 is distant 666.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 204.50

Distance (light year) 666.67

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD75140

SAO Catalogue SAO136287

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP43204

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-06 2727

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3493 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.7° RISE 12:50

Max altitude: 31.9° TRANSIT 18:14

Azimuth: 263.3° SET 23:39

Set Location

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