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HR8359

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:54 | Tran: 12:27 | Set: 19:01
Alt: -24.94°   Az: 323.09°   Direction: North-West

HR8359 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR8359 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR8359 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 HR8359 star
DSS2 image of HR8359. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8359 during the next 10000 years (13.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 55m 12s
+06° 59’ 01”
09h 46m 53s
07h 42m 06s

J2000

21h 53m 57s
+06° 51’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

64.7°
-35.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8359.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Hypergiant

0.64
G0III
5281K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8359 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8359. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8359 is distant 413.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

126.74
413.18
-10 km/s
0.081 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO127141
SAO127141

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8359 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.0°
Max altitude: 45.5°
Azimuth: 277.0°