HR8282

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:55 | Tran: 6:30 | Set: 10:06

Alt: -4.54° Az: 125.49° Direction: South-East

HR8282 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8282 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, HR8282 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 HR8282. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8282 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 43m 13s

Declination -24° 59’ 06”

Hour Angle 19h 45m 42s

Sidereal Time 17h 28m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 41m 46s

Declination -25° 06’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 24.56°

Galactic Latitude -47.63°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.49

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.79

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.19

Temperature 4328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8282 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8282. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8282 is distant 931.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 285.71

Distance (light year) 931.43

Radial Speed 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.021 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD206291

SAO Catalogue SAO190555

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP107112

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2515545

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8282 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.0° RISE 2:55

Max altitude: 13.5° TRANSIT 6:30

Azimuth: 245.0° SET 10:06

Set Location

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