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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:38 
Transit: 12:54 
Sunset: 19:10
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HR3538

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:42 | Tran: 10:12 | Set: 15:42
Alt: 11.64°   Az: 114.64°   Direction: East-South-East

HR3538 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3538 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR3538 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 HR3538 star
DSS2 image of HR3538. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3538 during the next 1000 years (-6.93 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.52 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 55m 31s
-05° 31’ 46”
19h 46m 15s
04h 41m 47s

J2000

08h 54m 17s
-05° 26’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

233.21°
24.17°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3538 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3538.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Main-sequence

4.84
G2V
5706K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3538 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3538. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3538 is distant 55.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

17.09
55.73
28 km/s
-0.416 arcsec/y
0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO136389
SAO136389

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3538 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.5°
Max altitude: 33.0°
Azimuth: 264.5°