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HR3642

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -54.37°   Az: 147.96°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3642 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3642 visual magnitude is 4.71. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3642 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR3642 star
DSS2 image of HR3642. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3642 during the next 100000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 05m 49s
-70° 38’ 24”
16h 35m 15s
01h 41m 05s

J2000

09h 05m 38s
-70° 32’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

286.19°
-15.43°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3642.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.71
Sub-giant

-2.89
B2IV
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3642 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3642. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3642 is distant 1,079.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

331.13
1,079.47
19 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256583
SAO256583

Visibility from Your Location

HR3642 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK