HR3604

HR3604 is a bright giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3604 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3604 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 HR3604:

Color of HR3604 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3604 5.79

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3604 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3604

HR3604 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 HR3604 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 00m 45s

Declination J2000 -60° 57’ 50”

Galactic Longitude 278.35°

Galactic Latitude -9.65°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3604 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3604.

Visibility of HR3604 from your location

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

HR3604 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3604

The image below is a photograph of HR3604 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 HR3604 is -0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3604. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3604 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3604 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3604 is distant 1,258.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 386.10 pc

Distance (light year) 1,258.69 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3604

HR3604 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude -2.14

Spectral Type G8II

Color Index (B-V) 1.21

Temperature of HR3604 4289K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3604 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3604. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3604

Henry Draper Catalogue HD77615

SAO Catalogue SAO250417

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP44256

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-60 1283

In Evidence

Other stars in Carina