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HR3740

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -56.64°   Az: 230.87°   Direction: South-West

HR3740 is a bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3740 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR3740 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 HR3740 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 24m 07s
-60° 24’ 40”
08h 00m 56s
17h 25m 04s

J2000

09h 23m 27s
-60° 18’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

279.76°
-7.16°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3740.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Bright giant

-2.91
K1II
3824K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

694.44
2,263.89
22 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO250561
SAO250561

Visibility from Your Location

HR3740 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK