HR3956

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:46 | Tran: 19:32 | Set: 22:19

Alt: -62.18° Az: 51.39° Direction: North-East

HR3956 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Antlia.

HR3956 visual magnitude is 6.54. Because of its faintness, HR3956 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR3956. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3956 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 03m 57s

Declination -30° 42’ 02”

Hour Angle 13h 40m 23s

Sidereal Time 23h 44m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 02m 49s

Declination -30° 34’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 265.09°

Galactic Latitude 19.64°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.54

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.13

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.19

Temperature 4328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3956 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3956. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3956 is distant 623.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 191.20

Distance (light year) 623.33

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD87199

SAO Catalogue SAO200994

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP49222

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-29 8034

FK5 Catalogue 2808

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3956 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.7° RISE 16:46

Max altitude: 7.8° TRANSIT 19:32

Azimuth: 239.3° SET 22:19

Set Location

Other stars in Antlia