HR8366

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:45 | Tran: 22:56 | Set: 0:08

Alt: -24.55° Az: 240.53° Direction: West-South-West

HR8366 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8366 visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, HR8366 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.

DSS2 image of HR8366. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8366 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 57m 51s

Declination -37° 08’ 07”

Hour Angle 05h 33m 41s

Sideral Time 03h 31m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 56m 22s

Declination -37° 15’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 6.25°

Galactic Latitude -51.96°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8366.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.46

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.53

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.08

Temperature 9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8366 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8366. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8366 is distant 314.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 96.62

Distance (light year) 314.98

Radial Speed 28 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD208321

SAO Catalogue SAO213414

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP108294

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3714565

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8366 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.1° RISE 21:45

Max altitude: 1.4° TRANSIT 22:56

Azimuth: 232.9° SET 0:08

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Grus