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HR3840

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -30.20°   Az: 219.85°   Direction: South-West

HR3840 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3840 visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its faintness, HR3840 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 HR3840 star
DSS2 image of HR3840. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3840 during the next 10000 years (-9.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 38m 03s
-53° 47’ 00”
04h 38m 27s
14h 16m 31s

J2000

09h 37m 12s
-53° 40’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

276.56°
-1.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3840.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.45
Main-sequence

1.17
A2V
8571K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3840 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3840. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3840 is distant 233.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

71.68
233.69
-13 km/s
-0.054 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237149
SAO237149

Visibility from Your Location

HR3840 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK