HR8446

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:33 | Tran: 21:43 | Set: 0:53

Alt: -19.91° Az: 249.44° Direction: West-South-West

HR8446 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

HR8446 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR8446 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 HR8446. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8446 during the next 10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 11m 24s

Declination -28° 10’ 11”

Hour Angle 05h 47m 58s

Sideral Time 03h 59m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 10m 00s

Declination -28° 17’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 21.44°

Galactic Latitude -54.42°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR8446.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.44

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.27

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.15

Temperature 8571K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8446 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR8446. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8446 is distant 352.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 108.23

Distance (light year) 352.81

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.032 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD210300

SAO Catalogue SAO190930

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP109412

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2817622

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8446 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.2° RISE 18:33

Max altitude: 10.4° TRANSIT 21:43

Azimuth: 241.8° SET 0:53

Set Location

Other stars in Piscis Austrinus