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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 12:59 
Sunset: 21:15
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HR3990

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -25.62°   Az: 143.09°   Direction: South-East

HR3990 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3990 visual magnitude is 4.86. Because of its moderate brightness, HR3990 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR3990 star
DSS2 image of HR3990. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3990 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 09m 54s
-51° 56’ 11”
19h 54m 13s
06h 04m 07s

J2000

10h 08m 56s
-51° 48’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

279.15°
3.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3990.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.86
Sub-giant

-2.75
B3IV
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3990 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3990. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3990 is distant 1,083.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

332.23
1,083.06
14 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO237736
SAO237736

Visibility from Your Location

HR3990 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK