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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR8124

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:15 | Tran: 5:49 | Set: 7:23
Alt: -54.68°   Az: 277.84°   Direction: West

HR8124 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Microscopium.

HR8124 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR8124 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 HR8124 star
DSS2 image of HR8124. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8124 during the next 10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 17m 21s
-36° 06’ 13”
08h 59m 25s
06h 16m 47s

J2000

21h 15m 46s
-36° 12’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

7.57°
-43.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8124.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Giant

-0.99
K3III
4000K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8124 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8124. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8124 is distant 862.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

264.55
862.43
-16 km/s
0.032 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO212843
SAO212843

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8124 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.1°
Max altitude: 2.4°
Azimuth: 233.9°