HR3948
Below the horizon.
Never rises today
Alt: -28.30°
Az: 166.17°
Direction: South-South-East
HR3948 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Carina.
HR3948 visual magnitude is 6.58. Because of its faintness, HR3948 is not visible to the naked eye.
DSS2 image of HR3948. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3948 during the next
1000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.40 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for HR3948.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3948 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3948.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
HR3948 is distant 486.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
HR3948 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK