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HR8323

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -10.28°   Az: 194.26°   Direction: South-South-West

HR8323 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8323 visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, HR8323 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 HR8323 star
DSS2 image of HR8323. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8323 during the next 1000 years (2.78 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.97 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 49m 51s
-47° 11’ 16”
01h 23m 34s
23h 13m 25s

J2000

21h 48m 15s
-47° 18’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

350.88°
-49.1°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8323 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8323.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.58
Hypergiant

4.61
G0V
5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8323 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8323. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8323 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8323 double sysyem:

5.58
8.58
3
55 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8323 is distant 50.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

15.64
50.98
-7 km/s
0.167 arcsec/y
-0.298"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO230846
SAO230846

Visibility from Your Location

HR8323 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK