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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 12:59 
Sunset: 21:15
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HR3842

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -15.60°   Az: 142.44°   Direction: South-East

HR3842 is a bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3842 visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, HR3842 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 HR3842 star
DSS2 image of HR3842. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3842 during the next 10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 39m 01s
-43° 18’ 23”
20h 24m 49s
06h 03m 50s

J2000

09h 38m 01s
-43° 11’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

269.65°
6.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3842.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.5
Bright giant

-0.36
G8II
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3842 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3842. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3842 is distant 484.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

148.59
484.40
2 km/s
0.032 arcsec/y
-0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO221355
SAO221355

Visibility from Your Location

HR3842 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK