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Transit: 12:54 
Sunset: 19:10
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HR3796

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:37 | Tran: 10:50 | Set: 15:03
Alt: -25.80°   Az: 270.67°   Direction: West

HR3796 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3796 visual magnitude is 5.74. Because of its faintness, HR3796 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 HR3796 star
DSS2 image of HR3796. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3796 during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 33m 29s
-19° 30’ 37”
07h 08m 56s
16h 42m 25s

J2000

09h 32m 20s
-19° 24’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

251.46°
23°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3796 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3796.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.74
Main-sequence

0.58
A5V
8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3796 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3796. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3796 is distant 351.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

107.76
351.29
27 km/s
-0.036 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO155273
SAO155273

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3796 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.5°
Max altitude: 19.0°
Azimuth: 250.5°