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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR8303

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -78.11°   Az: 272.93°   Direction: West

HR8303 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Indus.

HR8303 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR8303 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 HR8303 star
DSS2 image of HR8303. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8303 during the next 1000 years (1.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.88 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 46m 58s
-49° 22’ 50”
10h 46m 18s
08h 33m 17s

J2000

21h 45m 19s
-49° 29’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

347.83°
-48.1°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8303.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.45
Giant

0.92
K1III
4409K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8303 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8303. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8303 is distant 416.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 51 kilometers per second.

127.88
416.88
-51 km/s
0.094 arcsec/y
0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO230822
SAO230822

Visibility from Your Location

HR8303 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK