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HR3503

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -32.56°   Az: 135.91°   Direction: South-East

HR3503 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3503 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR3503 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 HR3503 star
DSS2 image of HR3503. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3503 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 48m 44s
-52° 56’ 35”
18h 53m 08s
03h 41m 52s

J2000

08h 48m 00s
-52° 51’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

270.91°
-5.84°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3503 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3503.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Main-sequence

0.53
B8V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3503 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3503. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3503 is distant 464.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

142.45
464.39
12 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO236284
SAO236284

Visibility from Your Location

HR3503 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK