HR8379

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:29 | Tran: 22:59 | Set: 23:29

Alt: -25.97° Az: 119.63° Direction: East-South-East

HR8379 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Grus.

HR8379 visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, HR8379 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 HR8379. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8379 during the next 10000 years (7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 00m 46s

Declination -38° 16’ 33”

Hour Angle 18h 21m 54s

Sideral Time 16h 22m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 59m 17s

Declination -38° 23’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 4.34°

Galactic Latitude -52.47°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8379.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.5

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.09

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1

Temperature 4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8379 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8379. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8379 is distant 393.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 120.63

Distance (light year) 393.24

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.042 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD208737

SAO Catalogue SAO213452

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP108543

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3814820

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8379 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.3° RISE 22:29

Max altitude: 0.2° TRANSIT 22:59

Azimuth: 231.7° SET 23:29

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

Location

Other stars in Grus