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HR3533

Altitude: -54.6°   Azimuth: 286.2°   Direction: West-North-West

HR3533 is a giant star in the constellation of Pyxis.

HR3533 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3533 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR3533 is -0.008 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3533 star
DSS2 image of HR3533. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3533 during the next 100000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR3533

6.5
Giant

HR3533 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -54.6°
Azimuth: 286.2°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3533

HR3533 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3533 are provided in the following table:

08h 52m 26s
-32° 30’ 33”
255.62°
7.64°
Pyxis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3533 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3533 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3533.

Visibility of HR3533 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR3533 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.5°
Max altitude: 6.0°
Azimuth: 237.5°

Distance of HR3533 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3533 is distant 806.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

247.52 pc
806.93 ly
1 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/year
-0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3533

HR3533 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.47
K2III
3855K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3533 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3533. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3533

SAO199728
SAO199728