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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR3668

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -26.74°   Az: 125.37°   Direction: South-East

HR3668 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3668 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR3668 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 HR3668 star
DSS2 image of HR3668. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3668 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 9.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 14m 16s
-42° 22’ 45”
18h 38m 44s
03h 53m 00s

J2000

09h 13m 18s
-42° 16’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

265.75°
4.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3668.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Giant

0.50
K2III
4213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3668 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3668. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3668 is distant 469.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

143.88
469.06
29 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
0.054"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO220962
SAO220962

Visibility from Your Location

HR3668 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK