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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 12:59 
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HR3964

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -20.93°   Az: 140.52°   Direction: South-East

HR3964 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3964 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR3964 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 HR3964 star
DSS2 image of HR3964. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3964 during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 04m 21s
-46° 45’ 35”
19h 59m 37s
06h 03m 58s

J2000

10h 03m 20s
-46° 38’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

275.34°
7.03°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3964.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Hypergiant

1.30
A0V
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3964 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3964. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3964 is distant 300.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

92.17
300.46
3 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO221728
SAO221728

Visibility from Your Location

HR3964 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK