HR3560

HR3560 is a giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3560 visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3560 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 HR3560:

Color of HR3560 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3560 5.78

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3560 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3560

HR3560 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3560 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 53m 48s

Declination J2000 -60° 21’ 15”

Galactic Longitude 277.32°

Galactic Latitude -9.92°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3560 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3560.

Visibility of HR3560 from your location

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

HR3560 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3560

The image below is a photograph of HR3560 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 HR3560 is -0.007 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3560. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3560 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3560 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3560 is distant 1,375.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 421.94 pc

Distance (light year) 1,375.53 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3560

HR3560 belongs to spectral class B5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -2.35

Spectral Type B5III

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature of HR3560 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3560 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3560. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3560

Henry Draper Catalogue HD76538

SAO Catalogue SAO250369

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP43669

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-59 1174

In Evidence

Other stars in Carina