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HR8437

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:59 | Tran: 19:19 | Set: 21:40
Alt: 4.89°   Az: 170.18°   Direction: South

HR8437 is a giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8437 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR8437 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 HR8437 star
DSS2 image of HR8437. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8437 during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 10m 09s
-33° 00’ 11”
23h 13m 13s
21h 23m 22s

J2000

22h 08m 42s
-33° 07’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

13.11°
-54.53°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR8437 star
Simplified finder chart for HR8437.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Giant

1.89
A2III
8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8437 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8437. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8437 is distant 256.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

78.74
256.69
-4 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO213583
SAO213583

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8437 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.0°
Max altitude: 5.5°
Azimuth: 237.0°