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HR3504

Altitude: 2.4°   Azimuth: 297.8°   Direction: West-North-West

HR3504 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Cancer.

HR3504 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3504 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 HR3504:

6.16
Main-sequence

HR3504 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 2.4°
Azimuth: 297.8°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3504

HR3504 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3504 are provided in the following table:

08h 50m 45s
+18° 49’ 55”
207.88°
34.48°
Cancer

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3504 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3504 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3504.

Visibility of HR3504 from your location

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

Today's HR3504 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.2°
Max altitude: 57.4°
Azimuth: 288.8°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3504

The image below is a photograph of HR3504 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 HR3504 is -0.015 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.02 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3504 star
DSS2 image of HR3504. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3504 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3504 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3504 is distant 761.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

233.64 pc
761.68 ly
19 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/year
-0.02 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3504

HR3504 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-0.68
A2V
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3504 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3504. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3504

SAO98162
SAO98162