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HR3548

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -9.26°   Az: 148.52°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3548 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3548 visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its faintness, HR3548 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 HR3548 star
DSS2 image of HR3548. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3548 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 54m 47s
-40° 32’ 42”
21h 09m 08s
06h 03m 56s

J2000

08h 53m 50s
-40° 26’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

261.95°
2.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3548.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.47
Hypergiant

-1.56
K0II
4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3548 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3548. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3548 is distant 1,314.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

403.23
1,314.52
-1 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO220628
SAO220628

Visibility from Your Location

HR3548 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK