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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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HR3972

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:13 | Tran: 19:39 | Set: 21:05
Alt: -17.85°   Az: 233.20°   Direction: South-West

HR3972 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Antlia.

HR3972 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR3972 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 HR3972 star
DSS2 image of HR3972. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3972 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 06m 21s
-36° 30’ 28”
04h 45m 56s
14h 52m 17s

J2000

10h 05m 15s
-36° 23’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

269.3°
15.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3972.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.27
Giant

0.71
K1III
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3972 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3972. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3972 is distant 421.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

129.37
421.73
28 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO201037
SAO201037

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3972 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.5°
Max altitude: 2.0°
Azimuth: 233.5°