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HR3887

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -37.21°   Az: 140.59°   Direction: South-East

HR3887 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3887 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR3887 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 HR3887 star
DSS2 image of HR3887. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3887 during the next 1000 years (-2.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.98 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 46m 41s
-58° 54’ 32”
18h 46m 51s
04h 33m 32s

J2000

09h 45m 55s
-58° 47’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

280.84°
-4.12°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3887 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3887.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Sub-giant

1.68
F5IV
6576K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3887 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3887. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3887 is distant 263.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

80.91
263.75
6 km/s
-0.123 arcsec/y
0.059"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237321
SAO237321

Visibility from Your Location

HR3887 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK