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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 13:02 
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HR8129

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -53.80°   Az: 172.13°   Direction: South-South-West

HR8129 is a variable giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Octans.

HR8129 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR8129 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 HR8129 star
DSS2 image of HR8129. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8129 during the next 10000 years (7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 37m 02s
-84° 41’ 44”
16h 03m 58s
13h 41m 00s

J2000

21h 32m 04s
-84° 48’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

307.53°
-30.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8129.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.45
Giant

-0.10
K3III
3950K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8129 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8129. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8129 is distant 666.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

204.50
666.67
15 km/s
0.045 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO258899
SAO258899

Visibility from Your Location

HR8129 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK