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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:56 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:29
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HR3772

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:07 | Tran: 6:43 | Set: 11:19
Alt: 22.47°   Az: 171.61°   Direction: South

HR3772 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3772 visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, HR3772 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 HR3772 star
DSS2 image of HR3772. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3772 during the next 10000 years (-11.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 31m 33s
-15° 41’ 14”
23h 27m 47s
08h 59m 20s

J2000

09h 30m 22s
-15° 34’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

247.99°
25.19°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3772 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3772.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.85
Giant

1.44
K3
4309K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3772 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3772. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3772 is distant 248.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

76.28
248.67
24 km/s
-0.066 arcsec/y
-0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO155246
SAO155246

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3772 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.7°
Max altitude: 22.8°
Azimuth: 254.3°