HR3949

HR3949 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3949 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3949 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR3949:

Color of HR3949 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3949 6.2

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR3949 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3949

HR3949 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR3949 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 56m 59s

Declination J2000 -69° 06’ 06”

Galactic Longitude 288.4°

Galactic Latitude -11.31°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3949 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3949.

Visibility of HR3949 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR3949 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3949

The image below is a photograph of HR3949 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR3949 is -0.027 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3949. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3949 during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3949 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3949 is distant 1,086.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 333.33 pc

Distance (light year) 1,086.67 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.027 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3949

HR3949 belongs to spectral class B3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -1.41

Spectral Type B3V

Color Index (B-V) -0.1

Temperature of HR3949 11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3949 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3949. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3949

Henry Draper Catalogue HD86659

SAO Catalogue SAO250761

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP48782

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-68 1011

In Evidence

Other stars in Carina