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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR3864

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -28.57°   Az: 211.15°   Direction: South-South-West

HR3864 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3864 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, HR3864 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 HR3864 star
DSS2 image of HR3864. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3864 during the next 10000 years (13.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 41m 50s
-57° 22’ 33”
03h 49m 41s
13h 31m 31s

J2000

09h 41m 02s
-57° 15’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

279.35°
-3.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3864.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.8
Hypergiant

0.57
K0III
4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3864 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3864. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3864 is distant 362.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

111.11
362.22
39 km/s
0.081 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237224
SAO237224

Visibility from Your Location

HR3864 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK