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HR3884

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -36.69°   Az: 212.63°   Direction: South-South-West

HR3884 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3884 visual magnitude is 3.69. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3884 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 HR3884 star
DSS2 image of HR3884. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3884 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 45m 56s
-62° 37’ 27”
04h 40m 30s
14h 26m 27s

J2000

09h 45m 14s
-62° 30’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

283.2°
-7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3884.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.69
Supergiant

-4.64
G5I
4270K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3884 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3884. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3884 is distant 1,509.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

462.96
1,509.26
3 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO250683
SAO250683

Visibility from Your Location

HR3884 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK