HR3506

Altitude: 23.6° Azimuth: 342.4° Direction: North-North-West

HR3506 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Ursa Major.

HR3506 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3506 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 HR3506:

Color of HR3506 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3506 6.25

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3506 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 23.6°
Azimuth: 342.4°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3506

HR3506 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3506 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 53m 05s

Declination J2000 +59° 03’ 21”

Galactic Longitude 157.46°

Galactic Latitude 38.52°

Constellation Ursa Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3506 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3506.

Visibility of HR3506 from your location

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

HR3506 is circumpolar and transits at 08:41 UTC (altitude: 82.4°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3506

The image below is a photograph of HR3506 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 HR3506 is 0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3506. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3506 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3506 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3506 is distant 201.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 61.77 pc

Distance (light year) 201.36 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3506

HR3506 belongs to spectral class F5 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.30

Spectral Type F5IV

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature of HR3506 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3506 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3506. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3506

Henry Draper Catalogue HD75487

SAO Catalogue SAO27026

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP43624

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+59 1198

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