HR3673

Altitude: -44.7° Azimuth: 225.4° Direction: South-West

HR3673 is a bright giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3673 visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3673 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 HR3673:

Color of HR3673 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3673 5.54

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3673 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -44.7°
Azimuth: 225.4°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3673

HR3673 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 HR3673 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 12m 55s

Declination J2000 -59° 24’ 51”

Galactic Longitude 278.19°

Galactic Latitude -7.49°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3673 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3673.

Visibility of HR3673 from your location

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

HR3673 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3673

The image below is a photograph of HR3673 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 HR3673 is 0 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3673. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3673 during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3673 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3673 is distant 474.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 145.56 pc

Distance (light year) 474.53 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 16 km/s

Spectral properties of HR3673

HR3673 belongs to spectral class G6 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.28

Spectral Type G6II

Color Index (B-V) 0.85

Temperature of HR3673 5134K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3673 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3673. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3673

Henry Draper Catalogue HD79698

SAO Catalogue SAO236723

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP45219

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-58 1432

In Evidence

Other stars in Carina