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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR3696

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -19.72°   Az: 172.13°   Direction: South

HR3696 is a variable giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3696 visual magnitude is 4.34. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3696 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 HR3696 star
DSS2 image of HR3696. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3696 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 16m 55s
-57° 38’ 53”
23h 04m 14s
08h 21m 10s

J2000

09h 16m 12s
-57° 32’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

277.12°
-5.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3696.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.34
Giant

-1.74
M1III
3608K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3696 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3696. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3696 is distant 536.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

164.47
536.18
-5 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO236787
SAO236787

Visibility from Your Location

HR3696 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK