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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR8456

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:56 | Tran: 7:15 | Set: 14:29
Alt: -16.38°   Az: 322.70°   Direction: North-West

HR8456 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR8456 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, HR8456 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 HR8456 star
DSS2 image of HR8456. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8456 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 11m 36s
+14° 45’ 20”
09h 32m 09s
07h 43m 46s

J2000

22h 10m 22s
+14° 37’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

74.85°
-32.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8456.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Hypergiant

0.76
K0III
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8456 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8456. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR8456 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR8456 double sysyem:

6.33
11.43
5.1
21.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8456 is distant 423.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

130.04
423.93
-42 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO107707
SAO107707

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8456 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.2°
Max altitude: 53.3°
Azimuth: 284.8°