HR3957

Altitude: -59.6° Azimuth: 238.0° Direction: West-South-West

HR3957 is a bright giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR3957 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its reltive faintness, HR3957 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 HR3957:

Color of HR3957 ⬤

Magnitude of HR3957 6.2

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR3957 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -59.6°
Azimuth: 238.0°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR3957

HR3957 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 HR3957 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 10h 01m 58s

Declination J2000 -57° 20’ 58”

Galactic Longitude 281.6°

Galactic Latitude -1.67°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR3957 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR3957.

Visibility of HR3957 from your location

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

HR3957 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR3957

The image below is a photograph of HR3957 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 HR3957 is -0.041 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.027 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR3957. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3957 during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR3957 from the Sun and relative movement

HR3957 is distant 752.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 230.95 pc

Distance (light year) 752.89 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.041 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.027 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR3957

HR3957 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.62

Spectral Type K1II

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature of HR3957 4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3957 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3957. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR3957

Henry Draper Catalogue HD87238

SAO Catalogue SAO237621

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP49160

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-56 2770

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