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HR3830

HR3830 is a giant star in the constellation of Antlia.

HR3830 visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3830 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 HR3830:

5.7
Giant
HR3830 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3830

HR3830 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 HR3830 are provided in the following table:

09h 37m 00s
-25° 17’ 48”
256.84°
19.71°
Antlia

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3830 in the sky:

Finder chart HR3830 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3830.

Visibility of HR3830 from your location

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

Today's HR3830 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.3°
Max altitude: 13.2°
Azimuth: 244.7°
HR3830 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3830

The image below is a photograph of HR3830 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 HR3830 is -0.062 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.043 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR3830 star
DSS2 image of HR3830. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3830 during the next 10000 years (-10.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3830 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3830 is distant 292.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

89.77 pc
292.64 ly
30 km/s
-0.062 arcsec/year
0.043 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3830

HR3830 belongs to spectral class K1

0.93
K1
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3830 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3830. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3830

SAO177748
SAO177748