HR7853

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:39 | Tran: 22:22 | Set: 23:06

Alt: -24.44° Az: 121.00° Direction: East-South-East

HR7853 is a giant star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Microscopium.

HR7853 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR7853 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 HR7853. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7853 during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 36m 31s

Declination -38° 00’ 12”

Hour Angle 18h 31m 50s

Sideral Time 15h 08m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 34m 55s

Declination -38° 05’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 3.94°

Galactic Latitude -35.94°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR7853.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.44

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 2.31

Spectral Type A8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.26

Temperature 7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7853 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR7853. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7853 is distant 218.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 66.93

Distance (light year) 218.21

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD195814

SAO Catalogue SAO212246

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP101558

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3814108

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7853 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.0° RISE 21:39

Max altitude: 0.5° TRANSIT 22:22

Azimuth: 232.0° SET 23:06

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

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