HR3564

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:51 | Tran: 16:21 | Set: 20:50

Alt: -50.95° Az: 35.74° Direction: North-East

HR3564 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3564 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR3564 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.

DSS2 image of HR3564. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3564 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 57m 45s

Declination -16° 48’ 30”

Hour Angle 13h 30m 25s

Sidereal Time 22h 28m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 56m 34s

Declination -16° 42’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 243.46°

Galactic Latitude 18.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3564.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.96

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.81

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.54

Temperature 3734K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3564 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3564. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3564 is distant 737.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 226.24

Distance (light year) 737.56

Radial Speed 38 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD76579

SAO Catalogue SAO154773

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP43899

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 2639

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 4321

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3564 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.8° RISE 11:51

Max altitude: 21.7° TRANSIT 16:21

Azimuth: 253.2° SET 20:50

Set Location

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