HR3897

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:54 | Tran: 11:23 | Set: 12:51

Alt: -15.45° Az: 129.86° Direction: South-East

HR3897 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Antlia.

HR3897 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR3897 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.

DSS2 image of HR3897. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3897 during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 50m 54s

Declination -36° 23’ 04”

Hour Angle 19h 32m 53s

Sideral Time 05h 23m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 49m 51s

Declination -36° 16’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 266.74°

Galactic Latitude 13.54°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3897.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.21

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3897 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3897. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3897 is distant 555.37 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 170.36

Distance (light year) 555.37

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.022 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD85296

SAO Catalogue SAO200784

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP48219

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 5961

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3897 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.4° RISE 9:54

Max altitude: 2.1° TRANSIT 11:23

Azimuth: 233.6° SET 12:51

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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