HR8251

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:38 | Tran: 21:16 | Set: 2:59

Alt: -5.92° Az: 88.78° Direction: East

HR8251 is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR8251 visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, HR8251 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 HR8251. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8251 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 36m 35s

Declination -03° 52’ 17”

Hour Angle 17h 41m 24s

Sideral Time 15h 17m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 35m 17s

Declination -03° 58’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 50.35°

Galactic Latitude -37.86°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8251.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.77

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.11

Spectral Type G9

Color Index (B-V) 1.11

Temperature 4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8251 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8251. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8251 is distant 441.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 135.32

Distance (light year) 441.14

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD205423

SAO Catalogue SAO145510

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP106592

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 5489

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8251 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.9° RISE 15:38

Max altitude: 34.6° TRANSIT 21:16

Azimuth: 266.1° SET 2:59

Set Location

Other stars in Aquarius