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HR3739

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -18.23°   Az: 203.72°   Direction: South-South-West

HR3739 is a supergiant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3739 visual magnitude is 6.08. Because of its faintness, HR3739 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 HR3739 star
DSS2 image of HR3739. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3739 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 24m 49s
-51° 50’ 41”
02h 32m 50s
11h 57m 39s

J2000

09h 23m 59s
-51° 44’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

273.78°
-1.01°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3739 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3739.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.08
Supergiant

-5.14
A7I
6088K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3739 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3739. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3739 is distant 5,719.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

1,754.39
5,719.30
18 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO236930
SAO236930

Visibility from Your Location

HR3739 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK