HR3901

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:27 | Tran: 10:53 | Set: 16:19

Alt: -27.11° Az: 63.56° Direction: East-North-East

HR3901 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Sextans.

HR3901 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR3901 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 HR3901. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3901 during the next 1000 years (-2.08 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 52m 35s

Declination -06° 17’ 54”

Hour Angle 15h 33m 13s

Sideral Time 01h 25m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 51m 21s

Declination -06° 10’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 243.56°

Galactic Latitude 35.19°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3901.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.42

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.18

Spectral Type F8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.58

Temperature 6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3901 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3901. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3901 is distant 145.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 44.54

Distance (light year) 145.21

Radial Speed 36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.125 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.06"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD85380

SAO Catalogue SAO137185

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP48351

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 2923

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3901 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.3° RISE 5:27

Max altitude: 32.2° TRANSIT 10:53

Azimuth: 263.7° SET 16:19

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

Location

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