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HR3831

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -67.65°   Az: 262.83°   Direction: West

HR3831 is a variable and double star of spectral class A in the constellation of Vela.

HR3831 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR3831 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 HR3831 star
DSS2 image of HR3831. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3831 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 37m 20s
-48° 51’ 58”
09h 40m 01s
19h 17m 22s

J2000

09h 36m 25s
-48° 45’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

273.18°
2.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3831.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
HR3831 is also a SrEuCr chemically peculiar star.

1.87
A
7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3831 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3831. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3831 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3831 double sysyem:

6.17
8.57
2.4
3.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3831 is distant 236.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

72.46
236.23
-4 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO221339
SAO221339

Visibility from Your Location

HR3831 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK