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public  Keratéa, Grecia Keratéa, Grecia  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Athens
Sunrise: 6:10 
Transit: 13:29 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR8247

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:11 | Tran: 3:55 | Set: 8:36
Alt: 27.02°   Az: 163.43°   Direction: South-South-East

HR8247 is a giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Capricornus.

HR8247 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR8247 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 HR8247 star
DSS2 image of HR8247. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8247 during the next 10000 years (12.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 36m 43s
-23° 20’ 21”
22h 55m 44s
20h 32m 27s

J2000

21h 35m 15s
-23° 27’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

26.34°
-45.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8247.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.4
Giant

1.04
G7
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8247 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8247. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8247 is distant 384.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

118.06
384.89
-15 km/s
0.077 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO190469
SAO190469

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8247 rise, transit and set times from Keratéa, Grecia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Athens):

Azimuth: 113.3°
Max altitude: 28.9°
Azimuth: 246.7°