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HR8271

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -53.15°   Az: 237.76°   Direction: West-South-West

HR8271 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Indus.

HR8271 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, HR8271 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 HR8271 star
DSS2 image of HR8271. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8271 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 42m 18s
-55° 37’ 20”
07h 44m 14s
05h 26m 33s

J2000

21h 40m 33s
-55° 44’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

339.43°
-45.56°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8271.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Hypergiant

-0.31
K0II
4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8271 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8271. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8271 is distant 693.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

212.77
693.62
27 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO247132
SAO247132

Visibility from Your Location

HR8271 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK