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HR8331

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -34.17°   Az: 205.82°   Direction: South-South-West

HR8331 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Indus.

HR8331 visual magnitude is 5.62. Because of its faintness, HR8331 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 HR8331 star
DSS2 image of HR8331. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8331 during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 51m 56s
-64° 35’ 34”
03h 48m 27s
01h 40m 24s

J2000

21h 50m 00s
-64° 42’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

327.4°
-42.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8331.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.62
Hypergiant

0.57
K0III
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8331 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8331. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8331 is distant 333.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

102.35
333.67
-1 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO255080
SAO255080

Visibility from Your Location

HR8331 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK