HR3740

Altitude: -57.9° Azimuth: 231.5° Direction: South-West

HR3740 is a bright giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3740 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3740 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR3740:

Color of HR3740 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3740 6.3

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3740 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -57.9°
Azimuth: 231.5°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3740

HR3740 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3740 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 23m 27s

Declination J2000 -60° 18’ 09”

Galactic Longitude 279.76°

Galactic Latitude -7.16°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3740 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3740.

Visibility of HR3740 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR3740 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3740

The image below is a photograph of HR3740 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR3740 is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3740. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3740 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3740 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3740 is distant 2,263.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 694.44 pc

Distance (light year) 2,263.89 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3740

HR3740 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude -2.91

Spectral Type K1II

Color Index (B-V) 1.48

Temperature of HR3740 3824K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3740 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3740. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3740

Henry Draper Catalogue HD81502

SAO Catalogue SAO250561

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP46049

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-59 1374

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