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HR3881

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 44.05°   Az: 292.90°   Direction: West-North-West

HR3881 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

HR3881 visual magnitude is 5.09. Because of its faintness, HR3881 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 HR3881 star
DSS2 image of HR3881. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3881 during the next 1000 years (3.73 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.53 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 50m 09s
+45° 54’ 18”
04h 48m 18s
14h 38m 27s

J2000

09h 48m 35s
+46° 01’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

172.78°
49.43°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3881 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3881.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.09
Hypergiant

3.76
G0V
5890K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3881 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3881. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3881 is distant 60.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

18.43
60.08
5 km/s
0.224 arcsec/y
-0.092"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO43046
SAO43046

Visibility from Your Location

HR3881 is circumpolar and transits at 09:54 UTC (altitude: 84.4°)