HR8299

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:49 | Tran: 21:06 | Set: 21:24

Alt: -18.56° Az: 129.13° Direction: South-East

HR8299 is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8299 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR8299 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 HR8299. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8299 during the next 1000 years (1.35 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.80 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 46m 00s

Declination -38° 26’ 15”

Hour Angle 19h 20m 35s

Sidereal Time 17h 06m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 44m 29s

Declination -38° 33’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 4.35°

Galactic Latitude -49.57°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8299.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.3

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.60

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature 4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8299 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8299. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8299 is distant 781.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 58 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 239.81

Distance (light year) 781.77

Radial Speed -58 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.081 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.168"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD206642

SAO Catalogue SAO213248

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP107344

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3914405

FK5 Catalogue 3736

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8299 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.4° RISE 20:49

Max altitude: 0.1° TRANSIT 21:06

Azimuth: 231.6° SET 21:24

Set Location

Other stars in Grus