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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR3915

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:48 | Tran: 19:16 | Set: 1:47
Alt: 44.35°   Az: 178.93°   Direction: South

HR3915 is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Sextans.

HR3915 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, HR3915 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 HR3915 star
DSS2 image of HR3915. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3915 during the next 100000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 55m 02s
+05° 50’ 15”
23h 56m 54s
09h 51m 57s

J2000

09h 53m 42s
+05° 57’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

231.32°
42.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3915.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Giant

-2.21
M2III
3568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3915 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3915. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3915 is distant 1,399.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

429.18
1,399.14
-1 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO117975
SAO117975

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3915 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.2°
Max altitude: 44.4°
Azimuth: 275.8°