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HR3493

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:09 | Tran: 10:33 | Set: 15:58
Alt: -44.64°   Az: 11.67°   Direction: North-North-East

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.

Image of HR3493 star
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

08h 49m 17s
-06° 39’ 03”
12h 33m 20s
21h 22m 38s

J2000

08h 48m 04s
-06° 33’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

233.32°
22.26°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3493 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3493.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.09
Hypergiant

-0.46
K0
4158K

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

HR 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.

204.50
666.67
-5 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO136287
SAO136287

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°
Max altitude: 31.9°
Azimuth: 263.3°