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HR3978

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -25.78°   Az: 143.55°   Direction: South-East

HR3978 is a variable giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3978 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR3978 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR3978 star
DSS2 image of HR3978. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3978 during the next 10000 years (-11.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 07m 04s
-52° 18’ 45”
19h 55m 45s
06h 02m 49s

J2000

10h 06m 07s
-52° 11’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

279.02°
2.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3978.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.52
Giant

1.11
K1III
4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3978 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3978. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3978 is distant 393.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

120.77
393.72
5 km/s
-0.068 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237690
SAO237690

Visibility from Your Location

HR3978 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK