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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR8108

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:17 | Tran: 5:47 | Set: 7:16
Alt: -56.19°   Az: 279.60°   Direction: West

HR8108 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Microscopium.

HR8108 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR8108 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 HR8108 star
DSS2 image of HR8108. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8108 during the next 10000 years (4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 14m 53s
-36° 19’ 04”
09h 08m 20s
06h 23m 14s

J2000

21h 13m 18s
-36° 25’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

7.22°
-43.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8108.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Hypergiant

0.89
K0III
4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8108 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8108. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8108 is distant 337.13 light years from the Sun

103.41
337.13
0.029 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO212800
SAO212800

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8108 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.3°
Max altitude: 2.2°
Azimuth: 233.7°