HR8076

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:45 | Tran: 6:15 | Set: 8:45

Alt: -9.66° Az: 130.92° Direction: South-East

HR8076 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Microscopium.

HR8076 visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its faintness, HR8076 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 HR8076. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8076 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 07m 57s

Declination -32° 14’ 19”

Hour Angle 19h 53m 07s

Sidereal Time 17h 01m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 06m 24s

Declination -32° 20’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 12.47°

Galactic Latitude -41.42°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.18

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.00

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.1

Temperature 4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8076 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8076. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8076 is distant 353.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 108.46

Distance (light year) 353.58

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD200763

SAO Catalogue SAO212716

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP104174

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3216398

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8076 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.2° RISE 3:45

Max altitude: 6.3° TRANSIT 6:15

Azimuth: 237.8° SET 8:45

Set Location

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