HR8132

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:55 | Tran: 5:50 | Set: 11:40

Alt: -27.29° Az: 306.92° Direction: North-West

HR8132 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8132 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its faintness, HR8132 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.

DSS2 image of HR8132. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8132 during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 17m 58s

Declination -01° 30’ 01”

Hour Angle 08h 58m 48s

Sidereal Time 06h 16m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 16m 39s

Declination -01° 36’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 49.84°

Galactic Latitude -32.65°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.48

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.59

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8132 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8132. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8132 is distant 844.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 259.07

Distance (light year) 844.56

Radial Speed -26 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD202554

SAO Catalogue SAO145259

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP105046

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 5495

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8132 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.5° RISE 23:55

Max altitude: 37.0° TRANSIT 5:50

Azimuth: 268.5° SET 11:40

Set Location

Other stars in Aquarius