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HR3497

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -3.36°   Az: 182.64°   Direction: South

HR3497 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3497 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR3497 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 HR3497 star
DSS2 image of HR3497. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3497 during the next 1000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.03 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 48m 34s
-41° 49’ 46”
00h 14m 10s
09h 02m 44s

J2000

08h 47m 40s
-41° 44’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

262.21°
1.09°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3497 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3497.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Hypergiant

4.05
G0I
6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3497 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3497. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3497 is distant 94.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

28.94
94.36
14 km/s
-0.242"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO220481
SAO220481

Visibility from Your Location

HR3497 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK