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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR3955

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -26.21°   Az: 145.08°   Direction: South-East

HR3955 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3955 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR3955 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 HR3955 star
DSS2 image of HR3955. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3955 during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 02m 36s
-53° 29’ 16”
20h 01m 19s
06h 03m 55s

J2000

10h 01m 40s
-53° 21’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

279.18°
1.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3955.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
Main-sequence

-2.03
B2V
12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3955 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3955. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3955 is distant 1,442.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

442.48
1,442.48
6 km/s
-0.036 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237612
SAO237612

Visibility from Your Location

HR3955 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK