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public  Gora, Nigeria Gora, Nigeria  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Lagos
Sunrise: 6:10 
Transit: 12:33 
Sunset: 18:56
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HR3564

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:00 | Tran: 14:43 | Set: 20:27
Alt: 23.58°   Az: 114.49°   Direction: East-South-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.

Image of HR3564 star
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

08h 57m 45s
-16° 48’ 30”
19h 57m 35s
04h 55m 20s

J2000

08h 56m 34s
-16° 42’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

243.46°
18.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3564.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Hypergiant

-0.81
K0
3734K

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

HR 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.

226.24
737.56
38 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO154773
SAO154773

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3564 rise, transit and set times from Gora, Nigeria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Lagos):

Azimuth: 106.8°
Max altitude: 61.3°
Azimuth: 253.2°