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HR8046

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:36 | Tran: 17:54 | Set: 18:12
Alt: -22.30°   Az: 235.70°   Direction: South-West

HR8046 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Microscopium.

HR8046 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR8046 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 HR8046 star
DSS2 image of HR8046. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8046 during the next 1000 years (2.72 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.63 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 04m 02s
-38° 25’ 52”
05h 09m 22s
02h 13m 24s

J2000

21h 02m 27s
-38° 31’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

4.15°
-41.35°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8046 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8046.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Hypergiant

1.85
K0IV
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8046 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8046. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8046 is distant 214.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

65.75
214.33
39 km/s
0.163 arcsec/y
-0.158"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO212653
SAO212653

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8046 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.4°
Max altitude: 0.1°
Azimuth: 231.6°