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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 12:59 
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HR3976

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -21.80°   Az: 140.57°   Direction: South-East

HR3976 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3976 visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its faintness, HR3976 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 HR3976 star
DSS2 image of HR3976. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3976 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 07m 11s
-47° 29’ 40”
19h 56m 50s
06h 04m 02s

J2000

10h 06m 11s
-47° 22’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

276.17°
6.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3976.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.08
Sub-giant

0.59
K1IV
5051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3976 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3976. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3976 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3976 double sysyem:

5.08
6.78
1.7
0.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3976 is distant 258.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

79.18
258.12
21 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.057"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO221773
SAO221773

Visibility from Your Location

HR3976 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK