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HR3632

Altitude: -76.1°   Azimuth: 163.4°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3632 is a giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3632 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3632 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 HR3632:

6.37
Giant

HR3632 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -76.1°
Azimuth: 163.4°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3632

HR3632 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 HR3632 are provided in the following table:

09h 06m 07s
-64° 29’ 58”
281.49°
-11.49°
Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3632 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3632 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3632.

Visibility of HR3632 from your location

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

HR3632 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3632

The image below is a photograph of HR3632 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 HR3632 is 0.02 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.029 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3632 star
DSS2 image of HR3632. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3632 during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3632 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3632 is distant 589.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

180.83 pc
589.51 ly
1 km/s
0.02 arcsec/year
0.029 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3632

HR3632 belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

0.08
K3III
4034K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3632 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3632. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3632

SAO250441
SAO250441