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HR8443

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 22.71°   Az: 330.71°   Direction: North-North-West

HR8443 is a supergiant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Lacerta.

HR8443 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR8443 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 HR8443 star
DSS2 image of HR8443. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8443 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 08m 21s
+53° 25’ 50”
08h 43m 02s
06h 51m 23s

J2000

22h 07m 25s
+53° 18’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

99.84°
-2.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8443.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.14
Supergiant

-23.86
A3I
6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8443 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8443. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8443 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
-26 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO34076
SAO34076

Visibility from Your Location

HR8443 is circumpolar and transits at 12:09 UTC (altitude: 88.0°)