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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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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.

Image of HR3956 star
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

10h 03m 57s
-30° 42’ 02”
13h 40m 23s
23h 44m 21s

J2000

10h 02m 49s
-30° 34’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

265.09°
19.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3956.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.54
Giant

0.13
K1III
4328K

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

HR 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.

191.20
623.33
14 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO200994
SAO200994

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°
Max altitude: 7.8°
Azimuth: 239.3°