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HR3717

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -38.58°   Az: 133.34°   Direction: South-East

HR3717 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3717 visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its faintness, HR3717 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 HR3717 star
DSS2 image of HR3717. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3717 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 20m 18s
-55° 17’ 33”
18h 12m 38s
03h 32m 57s

J2000

09h 19m 32s
-55° 11’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

275.75°
-3.92°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3717 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3717.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.28
Main-sequence

-3.83
B5V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3717 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3717. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3717 is distant 3,431.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

1,052.63
3,431.58
13 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO236851
SAO236851

Visibility from Your Location

HR3717 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK