HR3986

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:16 | Tran: 9:51 | Set: 14:27

Alt: 22.65° Az: 174.87° Direction: South

HR3986 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR3986 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR3986 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 HR3986. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3986 during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 10h 09m 47s

Declination -15° 44’ 01”

Hour Angle 23h 40m 20s

Sideral Time 09h 50m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 10h 08m 35s

Declination -15° 36’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 255.27°

Galactic Latitude 31.8°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR3986.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.27

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.03

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3986 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3986. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3986 is distant 578.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 177.30

Distance (light year) 578.01

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD88025

SAO Catalogue SAO155763

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP49689

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 3036

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3986 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.7° RISE 5:16

Max altitude: 22.8° TRANSIT 9:51

Azimuth: 254.3° SET 14:27

Set Location

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