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HR3496

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -31.28°   Az: 233.56°   Direction: South-West

HR3496 is a supergiant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3496 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, HR3496 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 HR3496 star
DSS2 image of HR3496. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3496 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 48m 10s
-46° 15’ 01”
05h 35m 28s
14h 23m 39s

J2000

08h 47m 18s
-46° 09’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

265.61°
-1.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3496.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Supergiant

-4.48
F2I
6129K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3496 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3496. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3496 is distant 3,622.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

1,111.11
3,622.22
32 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO220464
SAO220464

Visibility from Your Location

HR3496 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK