HR3972

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:18 | Tran: 9:44 | Set: 11:10

Alt: -34.09° Az: 252.35° Direction: West-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.

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

Right Ascension 10h 06m 19s

Declination -36° 30’ 18”

Hour Angle 06h 43m 46s

Sideral Time 16h 50m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 05m 15s

Declination -36° 23’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 269.3°

Galactic Latitude 15.41°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3972.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.27

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.71

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.11

Temperature 4493K

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

Distance (parsec) 129.37

Distance (light year) 421.73

Radial Speed 28 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD87606

SAO Catalogue SAO201037

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP49418

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 6130

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° RISE 8:18

Max altitude: 2.0° TRANSIT 9:44

Azimuth: 233.5° SET 11:10

Set Location

Other stars in Antlia