HR3962

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:18 | Tran: 9:50 | Set: 13:23

Alt: -51.40° Az: 62.08° Direction: East-North-East

HR3962 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3962 visual magnitude is 6.7. Because of its faintness, HR3962 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR3962. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3962 during the next 10000 years (-6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 04m 49s

Declination -25° 26’ 14”

Hour Angle 14h 30m 28s

Sideral Time 00h 35m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 03m 41s

Declination -25° 19’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 261.61°

Galactic Latitude 23.8°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3962.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.7

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.25

Spectral Type A0III

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3962 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3962. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3962 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3962 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.7

Secondary star magnitude 12.2

Magnitude difference 5.5

Separation 16.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3962 is distant 636.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 195.31

Distance (light year) 636.72

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.039 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD87318

SAO Catalogue SAO178357

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP49294

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-24 8711

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS7625

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3962 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.4° RISE 6:18

Max altitude: 13.1° TRANSIT 9:50

Azimuth: 244.6° SET 13:23

Set Location

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