HR3959

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:35 | Tran: 16:54 | Set: 22:12

Alt: 3.76° Az: 107.80° Direction: East-South-East

HR3959 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sextans.

HR3959 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR3959 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.

DSS2 image of HR3959. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3959 during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 04m 56s

Declination -09° 41’ 53”

Hour Angle 19h 01m 49s

Sidereal Time 05h 06m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 03m 41s

Declination -09° 34’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 249.14°

Galactic Latitude 35.24°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.12

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.81

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.66

Temperature 3568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3959 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3959. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3959 is distant 1,258.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 386.10

Distance (light year) 1,258.69

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD87262

SAO Catalogue SAO137326

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP49293

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 2836

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3959 rise, transit and set times from Sarras, Francia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Paris):

Azimuth: 99.7° RISE 11:35

Max altitude: 35.1° TRANSIT 16:54

Azimuth: 260.3° SET 22:12

Name:	Sarras, Francia
Latitude:	45° 11' 12.5" N
Longitude:	4° 48' 0.1" E
Timezone:	Europe/Paris

Set Location

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