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Sunset: 20:54
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HR3557

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:36 | Tran: 17:55 | Set: 0:14
Alt: 9.06°   Az: 265.24°   Direction: West

HR3557 is a bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3557 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR3557 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 HR3557 star
DSS2 image of HR3557. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3557 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 57m 56s
+04° 08’ 16”
05h 22m 35s
14h 20m 31s

J2000

08h 56m 36s
+04° 14’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

224.24°
29.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3557.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.14
Bright giant

-1.33
G8II
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3557 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3557. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3557 is distant 1,015.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

311.53
1,015.58
-12 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO117287
SAO117287

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3557 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.9°
Max altitude: 42.7°
Azimuth: 274.1°