HR3559

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:05 | Tran: 15:48 | Set: 19:32

Alt: 14.59° Az: 181.42° Direction: South-South-West

HR3559 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Pyxis.

HR3559 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR3559 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.

DSS2 image of HR3559. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3559 during the next 10000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 57m 03s

Declination -23° 55’ 01”

Hour Angle 00h 06m 00s

Sidereal Time 09h 03m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 55m 55s

Declination -23° 49’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 249.22°

Galactic Latitude 13.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3559.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.39

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.16

Spectral Type A7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.16

Temperature 8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3559 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3559. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3559 is distant 228.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 70.22

Distance (light year) 228.93

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.04 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD76512

SAO Catalogue SAO176711

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP43853

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-23 7902

FK5 Catalogue 2707

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3559 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.9° RISE 12:05

Max altitude: 14.6° TRANSIT 15:48

Azimuth: 246.1° SET 19:32

Set Location

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