HR3549

HR3549 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3549 visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3549 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR3549:

Color of HR3549 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3549 6.03

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3549 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3549

HR3549 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 HR3549 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 53m 03s

Declination J2000 -56° 38’ 57”

Galactic Longitude 274.35°

Galactic Latitude -7.66°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3549 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3549.

Visibility of HR3549 from your location

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

HR3549 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3549

The image below is a photograph of HR3549 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR3549 is -0.017 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.033 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3549. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3549 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3549 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3549 is distant 296.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 90.83 pc

Distance (light year) 296.09 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 24 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.017 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.033 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3549

HR3549 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.24

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature of HR3549 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3549 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3549. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3549

Henry Draper Catalogue HD76346

SAO Catalogue SAO236368

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP43620

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-56 1918

In Evidence

Other stars in Carina