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Sunset: 19:10
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HR8118

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:25 | Tran: 22:30 | Set: 3:38
Alt: -7.69°   Az: 97.22°   Direction: East

HR8118 is a star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8118 visual magnitude is 6.77. Because of its faintness, HR8118 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR8118 star
DSS2 image of HR8118. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8118 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 15m 36s
-10° 30’ 06”
18h 03m 17s
15h 18m 53s

J2000

21h 14m 16s
-10° 36’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

39.92°
-36.48°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8118 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8118.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.77
HR8118 is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

0.44
B9
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8118 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8118. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8118 is distant 602.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

184.84
602.59
-4 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO164240
SAO164240

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8118 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.5°
Max altitude: 28.0°
Azimuth: 259.5°