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HR821

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -55.23°   Az: 115.04°   Direction: East-South-East

HR821 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Horologium.

HR821 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR821 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 HR821 star
DSS2 image of HR821. The red arrow shows the motion of HR821 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 44m 58s
-52° 28’ 01”
15h 52m 02s
18h 37m 01s

J2000

02h 44m 10s
-52° 34’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

271.1°
-57.02°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR821 star
Simplified finder chart for HR821.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Main-sequence

0.68
A2V
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR821 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR821. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR821 is distant 404.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

124.07
404.47
10 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO232871
SAO232871

Visibility from Your Location

HR821 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK