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TimezoneEurope/Bucharest
Sunrise: 5:53 
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HR3944

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -37.44°   Az: 157.76°   Direction: South-South-East

HR3944 is a supergiant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3944 visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its faintness, HR3944 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 HR3944 star
DSS2 image of HR3944. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3944 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 56m 35s
-71° 30’ 40”
19h 14m 35s
05h 11m 11s

J2000

09h 56m 09s
-71° 23’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

289.82°
-13.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3944.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.35
Supergiant

-2.64
B9I
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3944 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3944. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3944 is distant 2,050.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

628.93
2,050.31
-30 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256672
SAO256672

Visibility from Your Location

HR3944 is currently not visible from Sânmihaiu Român, Romania