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HR3684

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:00 | Tran: 6:01 | Set: 7:01
Alt: -23.25°   Az: 238.36°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3684 is a double giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3684 visual magnitude is 4.62. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3684 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 HR3684 star
DSS2 image of HR3684. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3684 during the next 10000 years (4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 16m 44s
-37° 31’ 04”
05h 21m 55s
14h 38m 40s

J2000

09h 15m 45s
-37° 24’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

262.52°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3684 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3684.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.62
Giant

1.09
F5III
6625K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3684 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3684. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3684 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3684 double sysyem:

4.62
14.42
9.8
11.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3684 is distant 165.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

50.79
165.57
6 km/s
0.026 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO200163
SAO200163
Gl 339.3

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3684 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.5°
Max altitude: 1.0°
Azimuth: 232.5°