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HR3848

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:55 | Tran: 10:58 | Set: 16:00
Alt: -40.43°   Az: 47.78°   Direction: North-East

HR3848 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3848 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR3848 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 HR3848 star
DSS2 image of HR3848. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3848 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 41m 32s
-10° 52’ 55”
14h 20m 08s
00h 01m 40s

J2000

09h 40m 20s
-10° 46’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

245.65°
30.16°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3848 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3848.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Main-sequence

-0.68
A2V
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3848 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3848. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3848 is distant 838.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

257.07
838.05
-11 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO155387
SAO155387

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3848 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.9°
Max altitude: 27.6°
Azimuth: 259.1°