HR3666

Altitude: 42.4° Azimuth: 340.5° Direction: North-North-West

HR3666 is a giant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR3666 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3666 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 HR3666:

Color of HR3666 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3666 6.5

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3666 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 42.4°
Azimuth: 340.5°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3666

HR3666 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3666 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 19m 55s

Declination J2000 +74° 00’ 59”

Galactic Longitude 138.66°

Galactic Latitude 35.89°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3666 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3666.

Visibility of HR3666 from your location

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

HR3666 is circumpolar and transits at 16:04 UTC (altitude: 67.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3666

The image below is a photograph of HR3666 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 HR3666 is -0.037 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.067 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3666. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3666 during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3666 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3666 is distant 370.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 56 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 113.64 pc

Distance (light year) 370.45 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 56 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.037 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.067 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3666

HR3666 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.22

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature of HR3666 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3666 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3666. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3666

Henry Draper Catalogue HD79517

SAO Catalogue SAO6816

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP45764

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+74 393

In Evidence

Other stars in Camelopardalis