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HR3957

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -45.71°   Az: 229.39°   Direction: South-West

HR3957 is a bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Carina.

HR3957 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR3957 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 HR3957 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 02m 50s
-57° 28’ 22”
06h 38m 37s
16h 41m 27s

J2000

10h 01m 58s
-57° 20’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

281.6°
-1.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3957.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
Bright giant

-0.62
K1II
4472K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

230.95
752.89
7 km/s
-0.041 arcsec/y
0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237621
SAO237621

Visibility from Your Location

HR3957 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK