HR8398

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:28 | Tran: 23:23 | Set: 2:22

Alt: 8.32° Az: 188.15° Direction: South

HR8398 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8398 visual magnitude is 7.1. Because of its faintness, HR8398 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR8398. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8398 during the next 1000 years (2.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.23 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 04m 42s

Declination -29° 47’ 01”

Hour Angle 00h 37m 11s

Sideral Time 22h 41m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 03m 17s

Declination -29° 54’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 18.43°

Galactic Latitude -53.16°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8398.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 7.1

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.95

Spectral Type F0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.32

Temperature 7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8398 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8398. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8398 is distant 220.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 67.66

Distance (light year) 220.57

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.122 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD209335

SAO Catalogue SAO213502

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP108871

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3018975

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8398 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.8° RISE 20:28

Max altitude: 8.7° TRANSIT 23:23

Azimuth: 240.2° SET 2:22

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

Location

Other stars in Piscis Austrinus