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HR3862

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:29 | Tran: 11:11 | Set: 14:54
Alt: -61.55°   Az: 341.13°   Direction: North-North-West

HR3862 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F9 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3862 visual magnitude is 4.94. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3862 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR3862 star
DSS2 image of HR3862. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3862 during the next 1000 years (-6.58 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 43m 22s
-24° 01’ 44”
11h 21m 08s
21h 04m 30s

J2000

09h 42m 14s
-23° 54’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

256.7°
21.53°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3862 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3862.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.94
Sub-giant

4.08
F9IV
6256K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3862 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3862. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3862 is distant 48.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

14.88
48.52
34 km/s
-0.395 arcsec/y
0.26"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO177866
SAO177866

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3862 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.0°
Max altitude: 14.5°
Azimuth: 246.0°