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HR8340

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:23 | Tran: 18:53 | Set: 23:23
Alt: 21.53°   Az: 172.97°   Direction: South

HR8340 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Capricornus.

HR8340 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR8340 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 HR8340 star
DSS2 image of HR8340. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8340 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 51m 34s
-16° 43’ 40”
23h 32m 41s
21h 24m 16s

J2000

21h 50m 13s
-16° 50’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

37.05°
-46.99°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8340 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8340.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.38
Hypergiant

-0.40
K0
3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8340 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8340. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8340 is distant 739.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

226.76
739.23
-1 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO164686
SAO164686

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8340 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.7°
Max altitude: 21.8°
Azimuth: 253.3°