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public  Xiagang, China Xiagang, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:03 
Sunset: 19:07
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HR8149

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:00 | Tran: 2:27 | Set: 8:57
Alt: -23.05°   Az: 58.94°   Direction: East-North-East

HR8149 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Equuleus.

HR8149 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR8149 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 HR8149 star
DSS2 image of HR8149. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8149 during the next 10000 years (4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 20m 06s
+11° 18’ 42”
15h 33m 59s
12h 54m 05s

J2000

21h 18m 51s
+11° 12’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

62.27°
-25.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8149.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Giant

-1.97
K5III
3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8149 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8149. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8149 is distant 1,253.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

384.62
1,253.85
-37 km/s
0.026 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO107020
SAO107020

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8149 rise, transit and set times from Xiagang, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 78.7°
Max altitude: 69.4°
Azimuth: 281.3°