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HR8241

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -65.81°   Az: 82.32°   Direction: East

HR8241 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8241 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR8241 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 HR8241 star
DSS2 image of HR8241. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8241 during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 35m 53s
-42° 48’ 39”
14h 14m 27s
11h 50m 20s

J2000

21h 34m 17s
-42° 55’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

357.95°
-47.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8241.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Giant

1.34
K1III
4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8241 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8241. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8241 is distant 322.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

99.01
322.77
9 km/s
-0.041 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO230741
SAO230741

Visibility from Your Location

HR8241 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK