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HR3551

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -50.49°   Az: 250.07°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3551 is a sub-giant star of spectral class A9 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3551 visual magnitude is 5.33. Because of its faintness, HR3551 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 HR3551 star
DSS2 image of HR3551. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3551 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 54m 40s
-47° 36’ 58”
07h 49m 49s
16h 44m 30s

J2000

08h 53m 50s
-47° 31’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

267.37°
-1.74°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3551 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3551.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.33
Sub-giant

0.81
A9IV
7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3551 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3551. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3551 is distant 261.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

80.06
261.01
-1 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO220636
SAO220636

Visibility from Your Location

HR3551 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK