HR8444

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:07 | Tran: 5:16 | Set: 7:25

Alt: -29.17° Az: 251.09° Direction: West-South-West

HR8444 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8444 visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its faintness, HR8444 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 HR8444. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8444 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 11m 24s

Declination -33° 53’ 19”

Hour Angle 06h 22m 42s

Sidereal Time 04h 34m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 09m 55s

Declination -34° 00’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 11.58°

Galactic Latitude -54.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8444.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.37

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.30

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.24

Temperature 7866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8444 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8444. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8444 is distant 212.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 65.15

Distance (light year) 212.38

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD210271

SAO Catalogue SAO213599

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP109404

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3415430

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 14049

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8444 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.9° RISE 3:07

Max altitude: 4.6° TRANSIT 5:16

Azimuth: 236.1° SET 7:25

Set Location

Other stars in Piscis Austrinus