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HR3793

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -30.63°   Az: 212.14°   Direction: South-South-West

HR3793 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3793 visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its faintness, HR3793 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 HR3793 star
DSS2 image of HR3793. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3793 during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 31m 06s
-58° 28’ 15”
04h 04m 24s
13h 35m 31s

J2000

09h 30m 23s
-58° 21’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

279.04°
-5.15°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3793 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3793.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.88
Giant

-1.68
M2III
3516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3793 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3793. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3793 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3793 double sysyem:

5.88
13.58
7.7
2.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3793 is distant 1,058.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

324.68
1,058.44
3 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237056
SAO237056

Visibility from Your Location

HR3793 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK