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Sunset: 20:50
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HR3788

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:38 | Tran: 18:42 | Set: 23:47
Alt: 9.43°   Az: 239.69°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3788 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3788 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, HR3788 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 HR3788 star
DSS2 image of HR3788. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3788 during the next 10000 years (-14.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 33m 10s
-10° 29’ 00”
04h 00m 01s
13h 33m 11s

J2000

09h 31m 55s
-10° 22’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

243.78°
28.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3788.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Hypergiant

0.93
K0
4328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3788 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3788. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3788 is distant 358.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 64 kilometers per second.

109.89
358.24
64 km/s
-0.086 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO155262
SAO155262

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3788 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.5°
Max altitude: 28.0°
Azimuth: 259.5°