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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR3993

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:45 | Tran: 19:33 | Set: 6:26
Alt: 1.13°   Az: 341.44°   Direction: North-North-West

HR3993 is a variable giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Leo Minor.

HR3993 visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, HR3993 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 HR3993 star
DSS2 image of HR3993. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3993 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 12m 42s
+37° 16’ 33”
10h 25m 42s
20h 38m 25s

J2000

10h 11m 12s
+37° 24’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

185.68°
54.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3993.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.85
Giant

-0.48
K3
4139K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3993 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3993. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3993 is distant 602.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

184.84
602.59
9 km/s
-0.021 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO61914
SAO61914

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3993 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.7°
Max altitude: 75.8°
Azimuth: 307.3°