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HR8096

Altitude: -45.4°   Azimuth: 334.3°   Direction: North-North-West

HR8096 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8096 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its reltive faintness, HR8096 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR8096:

6.27
Hypergiant

HR8096 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -45.4°
Azimuth: 334.3°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR8096

HR8096 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR8096 are provided in the following table:

21h 10m 46s
-09° 21’ 14”
40.83°
-35.15°
Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR8096 in the sky:

Finder chart HR8096 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8096.

Visibility of HR8096 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR8096 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.4°
Max altitude: 29.2°
Azimuth: 260.6°
HR8096 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR8096

The image below is a photograph of HR8096 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR8096 is 0.114 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.056 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR8096 star
DSS2 image of HR8096. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8096 during the next 1000 years (1.90 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.93 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR8096 from the Sun and relative movement

HR8096 is distant 346.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

106.27 pc
346.44 ly
-40 km/s
0.114 arcsec/year
-0.056 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR8096

HR8096 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

1.14
K0III
4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8096 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8096. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR8096

SAO145171
SAO145171