HR3618

Altitude: -28.1° Azimuth: 44.3° Direction: North-East

HR3618 is a giant star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3618 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3618 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 HR3618:

Color of HR3618 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3618 6.17

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3618 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -28.1°
Azimuth: 44.3°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3618

HR3618 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3618 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 06m 59s

Declination J2000 +01° 27’ 46”

Galactic Longitude 228.52°

Galactic Latitude 30.51°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3618 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3618.

Visibility of HR3618 from your location

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

Today's HR3618 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.5° RISE 10:58

Max altitude: 40.0° TRANSIT 17:03

Azimuth: 271.5° SET 23:09

RIGHT NOW HR3618 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3618

The image below is a photograph of HR3618 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 HR3618 is -0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3618. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3618 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3618 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3618 is distant 990.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 303.95 pc

Distance (light year) 990.88 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3618

HR3618 belongs to spectral class M1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.24

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.65

Temperature of HR3618 3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3618 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3618. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3618

Henry Draper Catalogue HD78196

SAO Catalogue SAO117432

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP44738

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 2145

FK5 Catalogue 2718

In Evidence

Other stars in Hydra