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HR1008

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -8.00°   Az: 201.73°   Direction: South-South-West

HR1008 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1008 visual magnitude is 4.27. Because of its moderate brightness, HR1008 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 HR1008 star
DSS2 image of HR1008. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1008 during the next 100 years (5.07 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.21 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 20m 48s
-42° 58’ 51”
02h 00m 18s
05h 21m 07s

J2000

03h 19m 55s
-43° 04’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

250.78°
-56.11°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1008 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1008.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.27
Main-sequence

5.36
G8V
5568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1008 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1008. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1008 is distant 19.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 87 kilometers per second.

6.06
19.76
87 km/s
3.043 arcsec/y
0.725"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO216263
SAO216263

Visibility from Your Location

HR1008 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK