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HR8258

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:20 | Tran: 11:37 | Set: 19:55
Alt: 4.64°   Az: 304.60°   Direction: North-West

HR8258 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR8258 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, HR8258 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 HR8258 star
DSS2 image of HR8258. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8258 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 36m 35s
+24° 33’ 55”
07h 42m 16s
05h 18m 51s

J2000

21h 35m 26s
+24° 27’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

75.94°
-20.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8258.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
Main-sequence

-0.52
A4V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8258 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8258. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8258 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8258 double sysyem:

6.11
6.41
0.3
0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8258 is distant 689.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

211.42
689.22
-28 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO89819
SAO89819

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8258 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.4°
Max altitude: 63.1°
Azimuth: 294.6°