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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:16
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HR3943

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -31.65°   Az: 230.28°   Direction: South-West

HR3943 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3943 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR3943 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 HR3943 star
DSS2 image of HR3943. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3943 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 58m 39s
-48° 32’ 01”
05h 25m 40s
15h 24m 20s

J2000

09h 57m 42s
-48° 24’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

275.67°
5.04°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR3943 star
Simplified finder chart for HR3943.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.05
Main-sequence

-4.28
B3V
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3943 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3943. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3943 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3943 double sysyem:

6.05
10.65
4.6
14.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3943 is distant 3,790.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

1,162.79
3,790.70
9 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO221644
SAO221644

Visibility from Your Location

HR3943 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK