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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:10 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:16
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HR8346

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:12 | Tran: 18:31 | Set: 22:50
Alt: -15.86°   Az: 99.95°   Direction: East

HR8346 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Capricornus.

HR8346 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its faintness, HR8346 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 HR8346 star
DSS2 image of HR8346. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8346 during the next 1000 years (2.47 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.32 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 53m 04s
-18° 30’ 20”
17h 50m 17s
15h 43m 21s

J2000

21h 51m 41s
-18° 37’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

34.79°
-47.96°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8346 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8346.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.16
Hypergiant

2.12
F0III
7101K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8346 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8346. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8346 is distant 209.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

64.35
209.78
-42 km/s
0.148 arcsec/y
-0.079"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO164697
SAO164697

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8346 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.5°
Max altitude: 20.0°
Azimuth: 251.5°