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HR3793

Altitude: -73.6°   Azimuth: 235.0°   Direction: South-West

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

HR3793 visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3793 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 HR3793:

5.88
Giant

HR3793 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -73.6°
Azimuth: 235.0°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3793

HR3793 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 HR3793 are provided in the following table:

09h 30m 23s
-58° 21’ 42”
279.04°
-5.15°
Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3793 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3793 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3793.

Visibility of HR3793 from your location

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

HR3793 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3793

The image below is a photograph of HR3793 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 HR3793 is -0.031 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.028 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR3793 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
1,058.44 ly
3 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/year
0.028 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3793

HR3793 belongs to spectral class M2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-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

HR3793 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

Alternative designations of HR3793

SAO237056
SAO237056