HR3843

Altitude: 54.9° Azimuth: 341.0° Direction: North-North-West

HR3843 is a giant star in the constellation of Draco.

HR3843 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3843 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 HR3843:

Color of HR3843 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3843 6.23

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3843 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 54.9°
Azimuth: 341.0°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3843

HR3843 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3843 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 45m 30s

Declination J2000 +78° 08’ 04”

Galactic Longitude 133.41°

Galactic Latitude 34.91°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3843 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3843.

Visibility of HR3843 from your location

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

HR3843 is circumpolar and transits at 16:34 UTC (altitude: 63.3°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3843

The image below is a photograph of HR3843 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 HR3843 is 0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3843. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3843 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3843 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3843 is distant 1,012.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 310.56 pc

Distance (light year) 1,012.42 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3843

HR3843 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.23

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.35

Temperature of HR3843 4034K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3843 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3843. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3843

Henry Draper Catalogue HD83550

SAO Catalogue SAO6948

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP47884

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+78 317

In Evidence

Other stars in Draco