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HR3797

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 32.77°   Az: 305.67°   Direction: North-West

HR3797 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

HR3797 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR3797 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR3797 star
DSS2 image of HR3797. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3797 during the next 10000 years (-10.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 35m 58s
+46° 47’ 21”
06h 15m 34s
15h 51m 32s

J2000

09h 34m 19s
+46° 54’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

172.15°
46.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3797.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.52
Hypergiant

1.65
F0V
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3797 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3797. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3797 is distant 307.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

94.34
307.55
11 km/s
-0.062 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO42924
SAO42924

Visibility from Your Location

HR3797 is circumpolar and transits at 23:51 UTC (altitude: 85.3°)