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HR3803

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -54.01°   Az: 124.44°   Direction: South-East

HR3803 is a variable giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3803 visual magnitude is 3.13. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3803 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR3803 star
DSS2 image of HR3803. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3803 during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 31m 58s
-57° 08’ 38”
16h 13m 10s
01h 45m 08s

J2000

09h 31m 13s
-57° 02’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

278.21°
-4.11°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3803 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3803.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.13
Giant

-1.18
K5III
3720K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3803 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3803. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3803 is distant 237.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

72.89
237.61
-14 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237067
SAO237067

Visibility from Your Location

HR3803 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK