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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR3618

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:16 | Tran: 18:21 | Set: 0:26
Alt: 39.86°   Az: 182.23°   Direction: South

HR3618 is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3618 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR3618 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 HR3618 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 08m 18s
+01° 21’ 34”
00h 06m 51s
09h 15m 10s

J2000

09h 06m 59s
+01° 27’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

228.52°
30.51°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3618.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Giant

-1.24
M1III
3581K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

303.95
990.88
3 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO117432
SAO117432

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 88.6°
Max altitude: 39.9°
Azimuth: 271.4°