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HR8461

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:26 | Tran: 12:49 | Set: 20:12
Alt: -4.40°   Az: 303.03°   Direction: West-North-West

HR8461 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR8461 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, HR8461 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 HR8461 star
DSS2 image of HR8461. The red arrow shows the motion of HR8461 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 13m 04s
+16° 09’ 54”
07h 57m 59s
06h 11m 03s

J2000

22h 11m 51s
+16° 02’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

76.29°
-32.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR8461.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Giant

2.21
K1III
4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR8461 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR8461. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR8461 is distant 182.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

55.93
182.33
11 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO107729
SAO107729

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR8461 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.8°
Max altitude: 54.7°
Azimuth: 286.2°