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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR3837

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -24.06°   Az: 147.63°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3837 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3837 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR3837 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 HR3837 star
DSS2 image of HR3837. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3837 during the next 1000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.35 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 37m 38s
-53° 03’ 32”
20h 22m 15s
05h 59m 53s

J2000

09h 36m 46s
-52° 56’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

276.03°
-0.56°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3837.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Hypergiant

0.81
K0III
4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3837 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3837. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3837 is distant 388.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

119.05
388.10
34 km/s
-0.12 arcsec/y
0.081"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237144
SAO237144

Visibility from Your Location

HR3837 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK