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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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HR3916

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:07 | Tran: 19:23 | Set: 22:39
Alt: -17.29°   Az: 247.40°   Direction: West-South-West

HR3916 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Antlia.

HR3916 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR3916 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 HR3916 star
DSS2 image of HR3916. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3916 during the next 1000 years (-4.73 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.55 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 54m 06s
-27° 27’ 08”
05h 33m 36s
15h 27m 43s

J2000

09h 52m 58s
-27° 19’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

261.1°
20.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3916.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Main-sequence

2.52
G1V
5890K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3916 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3916. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3916 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3916 double sysyem:

6.3
10.3
4
1.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3916 is distant 186.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

57.11
186.18
23 km/s
-0.284 arcsec/y
0.093"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO178130
SAO178130

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3916 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.5°
Max altitude: 11.1°
Azimuth: 242.5°