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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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HR8408

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:18 | Tran: 7:40 | Set: 11:03
Alt: -19.56°   Az: 108.62°   Direction: East-South-East

HR8408 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B4 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8408 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its faintness, HR8408 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 HR8408 star
DSS2 image of HR8408. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8408 during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 06m 02s
-26° 41’ 54”
18h 06m 53s
16h 12m 56s

J2000

22h 04m 36s
-26° 49’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

23.58°
-53.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8408.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.96
Sub-giant

-1.74
B4IV
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8408 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8408. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8408 is distant 1,128.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

346.02
1,128.03
-18 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO190864
SAO190864

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8408 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.7°
Max altitude: 11.8°
Azimuth: 243.3°