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Sunset: 20:50
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HR3798

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:38 | Tran: 18:42 | Set: 21:47
Alt: -45.67°   Az: 280.43°   Direction: West

HR3798 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A9 in the constellation of Antlia.

HR3798 visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its faintness, HR3798 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 HR3798 star
DSS2 image of HR3798. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3798 during the next 10000 years (-12.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 33m 25s
-28° 44’ 28”
08h 33m 31s
18h 06m 57s

J2000

09h 32m 18s
-28° 37’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

258.55°
16.62°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3798.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.46
Main-sequence

2.08
A9V
7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3798 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3798. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3798 is distant 245.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

75.19
245.11
15 km/s
-0.072 arcsec/y
0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO177619
SAO177619

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3798 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.7°
Max altitude: 9.8°
Azimuth: 241.3°