HR3590

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:10 | Tran: 18:35 | Set: 1:05

Alt: -19.02° Az: 53.35° Direction: North-East

HR3590 is a double bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3590 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, HR3590 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 HR3590. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3590 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 02m 51s

Declination +05° 32’ 24”

Hour Angle 15h 18m 34s

Sidereal Time 00h 21m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 01m 31s

Declination +05° 38’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 223.5°

Galactic Latitude 31.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3590.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.07

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -0.85

Spectral Type K1II

Color Index (B-V) 1.11

Temperature 4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3590 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3590. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3590 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3590 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.07

Secondary star magnitude 7.67

Magnitude difference 1.6

Separation 269 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3590 is distant 789.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 242.13

Distance (light year) 789.35

Radial Speed 33 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD77250

SAO Catalogue SAO117351

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP44315

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+06 2087

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3590 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.5° RISE 12:10

Max altitude: 44.1° TRANSIT 18:35

Azimuth: 275.5° SET 1:05

Set Location

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