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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR3868

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -86.08°   Az: 169.36°   Direction: South

HR3868 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3868 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR3868 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 HR3868 star
DSS2 image of HR3868. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3868 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 42m 38s
-55° 19’ 50”
12h 05m 05s
21h 47m 43s

J2000

09h 41m 47s
-55° 12’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

278.08°
-1.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3868.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Main-sequence

-3.59
B4V
12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3868 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3868. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3868 is distant 2,694.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

826.45
2,694.21
14 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237237
SAO237237

Visibility from Your Location

HR3868 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK