HR3953

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -19.08° Az: 172.49° Direction: South

HR3953 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3953 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR3953 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR3953. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3953 during the next 10000 years (-10.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 01m 25s

Declination -57° 04’ 01”

Hour Angle 23h 07m 29s

Sidereal Time 09h 08m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 00m 34s

Declination -56° 56’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 281.21°

Galactic Latitude -1.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3953.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.52

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.54

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3953 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3953. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3953 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3953 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.52

Secondary star magnitude 13.02

Magnitude difference 6.5

Separation 7.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3953 is distant 510.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 156.74

Distance (light year) 510.97

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.064 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD87030

SAO Catalogue SAO237586

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP49052

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-56 2746

Visibility from Your Location

HR3953 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

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